--- title: Should peace be maintained, upon the death of his father the son of… — Kaffir folk-lore · tree and pragmatics description: Should peace be maintained, upon the death of his father the son of the right hand acknowledges his brother as superior in rank, but pays him no tribute, nor admits of his right to interfere in any manner with the internal government of the new clan. Who acts: son, father. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (son, father), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg71335:2:42 # text = Should peace be maintained, upon the death of his father the son of the right hand acknowledges his brother as superior in rank, but pays him no tribute, nor admits of his right to interfere in any manner with the internal government of the new clan. 1 Should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 2 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 maintained maintain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 upon upon ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 18 acknowledges acknowledge VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 as as ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 superior superior ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 obl _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 rank rank NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 pays pay VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ _ 29 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 30 det _ _ 30 tribute tribute NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 33 cc _ _ 33 admits admit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 conj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 right right NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 interfere interfere VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 acl _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 41 det _ _ 41 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 internal internal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 government government NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 clan clan NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **maintain** | should · passive | | peace | | | | upon the death of portion's father | vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **acknowledge** | present | the son *not said here* | portion's brother | | | | of the right hand; as superior in rank | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Topic | | 3 | **pay** | present | | no tribute | portion | | | admits of portion's right *conj* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient tribute=Asset | | 4 | **interfere** | to-infinitive | | | | any manner | | with the internal government of the new clan | tree rules | | 5 | **die** | | portion's father | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, Project Gutenberg book 71335 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg71335/2/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg71335/2/43/) - ↑ back to [Introductory Chapter Regarding the Kaffirs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg71335/2/)