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title: The genealogy of the great chiefs even, as given by them, is not the… — Kaffir folk-lore · tree and pragmatics
description: The genealogy of the great chiefs even, as given by them, is not the same beyond the time of Sikomo, the eighth in order from the present one, while with regard to minor chiefs considerable confusion exists two or three generations later. Who acts: genealogy. A sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by Geor
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# Kaffir folk-lore, Introductory Chapter Regarding the Kaffirs., sentence 81

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The genealogy of the great chiefs even, as given by them, is not the same beyond the time of Sikomo, the eighth in order from the present one, while with regard to minor chiefs considerable confusion exists two or three generations later.

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**Who acts:** genealogy · **What happens:** give, not be, exist · **To what, where:** genealogy

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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 (genealogy), 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:pg71335:2:81
# text = The genealogy of the great chiefs even, as given by them, is not the same beyond the time of Sikomo, the eighth in order from the present one, while with regard to minor chiefs considerable confusion exists two or three generations later.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	genealogy	genealogy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	chiefs	chief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	even	even	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
18	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	Sikomo	Sikomo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	eighth	eighth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	appos	_	_
26	in	in	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	_
28	from	from	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
30	present	present	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
33	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	41	mark	_	_
34	with	with	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	regard	regard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	_
36	to	to	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	minor	minor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	chiefs	chief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	nmod	_	_
39	considerable	considerable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
40	confusion	confusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	conj	_	_
41	exists	exist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	parataxis	_	_
42	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	45	nummod	_	_
43	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
44	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	42	conj	_	_
45	generations	generation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	obl:unmarked	_	_
46	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	41	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | participle |  | the genealogy of the great chiefs *not said here* |  |  |  | by details *= detail* | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present | the genealogy of the great chiefs |  |  |  | time | same *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **exist** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with regard to minor chiefs and considerable confusion; late *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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