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title: The women do not always use the same words as the men, owing to the… — Kaffir folk-lore · tree and pragmatics
description: The women do not always use the same words as the men, owing to the custom called ukuhlonipa, which prohibits females from pronouncing the names of any of their husband’s male relatives in the ascending line, or any words whatever in which the principal syllables of such names occur. Who acts: women
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# Kaffir folk-lore, Introductory Chapter Regarding the Kaffirs., sentence 75

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The women do not always use the same words as the men, owing to the custom called ukuhlonipa, which prohibits females from pronouncing the names of any of their husband’s male relatives in the ascending line, or any words whatever in which the principal syllables of such names occur.

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**Who acts:** women, custom, ukuhlonipa, principal syllables · **What happens:** not use, owe, call, prohibit, pronounce, ascend · **To what, where:** same words, words, custom, ukuhlonipa, females, names · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (women, custom, ukuhlonipa, principal syllables), 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:pg71335:2:75
# text = The women do not always use the same words as the men, owing to the custom called ukuhlonipa, which prohibits females from pronouncing the names of any of their husband’s male relatives in the ascending line, or any words whatever in which the principal syllables of such names occur.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	owing	owe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	custom	custom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	acl	_	_
19	ukuhlonipa	ukuhlonipa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	22	nsubj	_	_
22	prohibits	prohibit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	acl:relcl	_	_
23	females	female	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obj	_	_
24	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
25	pronouncing	pronounce	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	22	advcl	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	obj	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	27	nmod	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
31	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	32	nmod:poss	_	_
32	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	’s	's	PART	POS	_	32	case	_	_
34	male	male	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	compound	_	_
35	relatives	relative	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	nmod	_	_
36	in	in	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
38	ascending	ascend	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	39	amod	_	_
39	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
41	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
42	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	43	det	_	_
43	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
44	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	53	obj	_	_
45	in	in	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
46	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	53	obl	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
48	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	amod	_	_
49	syllables	syllable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	nsubj	_	_
50	of	of	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
52	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	nmod	_	_
53	occur	occur	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	43	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **use** | present · do-support | the women | the same words |  |  |  | as the men; always *property* | vn spend\_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent word=Duration as man=Attribute |
| 2 | **owe** | gerund | the women *not said here* | any words |  |  |  | to the custom *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to custom=Goal |
| 3 | **call** | participle | the custom *not said here* | ukuhlonipa |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **prohibit** | present | ukuhlonipa | females |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer female=Theme |
| 5 | **pronounce** | gerund | ukuhlonipa *not said here* | the names of any of women's husband's male relatives in the ascending line |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme |
| 6 | **ascend** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **occur** | present | the principal syllables of such names | whatever |  | any words |  |  | tree rules |

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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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