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title: According as the noun commences with a particular syllable, so the f… — Kaffir folk-lore · tree and pragmatics
description: According as the noun commences with a particular syllable, so the first syllable of the adjective, the verb, the adverb, and even the preposition, must be altered to agree with it in sound. Who acts: According. A sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, Introductory Chapter Regarding 
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# Kaffir folk-lore, Introductory Chapter Regarding the Kaffirs., sentence 62

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According as the noun commences with a particular syllable, so the first syllable of the adjective, the verb, the adverb, and even the preposition, must be altered to agree with it in sound.

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**Who acts:** According · **What happens:** accord, commence, alter, agree · **To what, where:** preposition, 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 (According), 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:pg71335:2:62
# text = According as the noun commences with a particular syllable, so the first syllable of the adjective, the verb, the adverb, and even the preposition, must be altered to agree with it in sound.
1	According	accord	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	as	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	noun	noun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	commences	commence	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	particular	particular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	syllable	syllable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	14	amod	_	_
14	syllable	syllable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	adjective	adjective	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	verb	verb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	adverb	adverb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
26	even	even	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	preposition	preposition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
30	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	32	aux	_	_
31	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	32	aux:pass	_	_
32	altered	alter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	parataxis	_	_
33	to	to	PART	TO	_	34	mark	_	_
34	agree	agree	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	32	xcomp	_	_
35	with	with	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	obl	_	_
37	in	in	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | as the noun | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **commence** | present | According |  |  |  |  | with a particular syllable; the first syllable of the adjective and the verb and the adverb *parataxis* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with syllable=Subeventuality |
| 3 | **alter** | must · passive |  | the preposition |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **agree** *speech: agree* | to-infinitive |  |  |  | sound |  | with noun | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with it=Co-Agent |

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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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