--- title: Outside they held a consultation, and their chief decided that those… — Kaffir folk-lore · tree and pragmatics description: Outside they held a consultation, and their chief decided that those living in holes should go to the holes, that those living in forests should go to the forests, and that those living in rivers should go to the rivers. Who acts: animals, chief, living holes, living forests. 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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 (animals, chief, living holes, living forests), 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:pg71335:22:14 # text = Outside they held a consultation, and their chief decided that those living in holes should go to the holes, that those living in forests should go to the forests, and that those living in rivers should go to the rivers. 1 Outside outside ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 consultation consultation NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 decided decide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 12 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 13 living live VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 amod _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 holes hole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 16 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 holes hole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 23 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 26 det _ _ 24 living live VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 amod _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 forests forest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 27 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 forests forest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 35 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 40 nsubj _ _ 36 living live VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 acl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 rivers river NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ _ 39 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 rivers river NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | past | animals *= animal* | a consultation | | | | outside *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consultation=Theme | | 2 | **decide** | past | animals's chief | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **live** | gerund | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **go** | should | that living holes | | | the holes | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to hole=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **live** | gerund | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **go** | should | that living forests | | | the forests | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to forest=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **live** | gerund | | | | rivers | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in river=Location | | 8 | **go** | should | those | | | the rivers | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to river=Initial\_Location | 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg71335/22/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg71335/22/15/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Glutton.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg71335/22/)