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description: This difference is, however, a slight one, when compared with the changes which the other parts of speech undergo to make them harmonize in sound with the principal noun in the sentence. Who acts: difference, other parts, changes. A sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, Introductory
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# Kaffir folk-lore, Introductory Chapter Regarding the Kaffirs., sentence 61

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This difference is, however, a slight one, when compared with the changes which the other parts of speech undergo to make them harmonize in sound with the principal noun in the sentence.

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**Who acts:** difference, other parts, changes · **What happens:** be, compare, undergo, make, harmonize · **To what, where:** slight one, changes, sound

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This is a sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, Introductory Chapter Regarding the Kaffirs.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (difference, other parts, changes), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg71335:2:61
# text = This difference is, however, a slight one, when compared with the changes which the other parts of speech undergo to make them harmonize in sound with the principal noun in the sentence.
1	This	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	difference	difference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	however	however	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	slight	slight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
12	compared	compare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	changes	change	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
16	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	22	obj	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nsubj	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	speech	speech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
22	undergo	undergo	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	acl:relcl	_	_
23	to	to	PART	TO	_	24	mark	_	_
24	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	xcomp	_	_
25	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	obj	_	_
26	harmonize	harmonize	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	xcomp	_	_
27	in	in	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	_
29	with	with	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	noun	noun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	_
33	in	in	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	sentence	sentence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | this difference | a slight one |  |  |  | however *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **compare** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | with the changes | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with change=Co-Patient |
| 3 | **undergo** | infinitive | the other parts | the changes |  |  |  | of speech | tree rules |
| 4 | **make** | to-infinitive | the other parts *not said here* | changes *= change* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **harmonize** | infinitive | changes *= change* *not said here* |  |  | sound |  | with the principal noun in the sentence | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with noun=Co-Patient |

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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.

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**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.

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