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title: Lion proposed that they should hunt together, on condition that if a… — Kaffir folk-lore · tree and pragmatics
description: Lion proposed that they should hunt together, on condition that if a small antelope was killed it was to be Little Jackal’s, and if a large one was killed it was to be Lion’s. Who acts: Lion, they, condition, antelope. A sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, Story of Lion and Little
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# Kaffir folk-lore, Story of Lion and Little Jackal., sentence 2

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Lion proposed that they should hunt together, on condition that if a small antelope was killed it was to be Little Jackal’s, and if a large one was killed it was to be Lion’s.

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**Who acts:** Lion, they, condition, antelope · **What happens:** propose, hunt, kill, be · **To what, where:** small antelope, large one

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This is a sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, Story of Lion and Little Jackal.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Lion, they, condition, antelope), 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:pg71335:25:2
# text = Lion proposed that they should hunt together, on condition that if a small antelope was killed it was to be Little Jackal’s, and if a large one was killed it was to be Lion’s.
1	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	proposed	propose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	hunt	hunt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
7	together	together	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
12	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	antelope	antelope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
16	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux:pass	_	_
17	killed	kill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl:relcl	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	23	mark	_	_
21	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	cop	_	_
22	Little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	Jackal	Jackal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	’s	's	PART	POS	_	23	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
27	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	32	mark	_	_
28	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
29	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nsubj:pass	_	_
31	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	aux:pass	_	_
32	killed	kill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
33	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
34	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	cop	_	_
35	to	to	PART	TO	_	37	mark	_	_
36	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	cop	_	_
37	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	’s	's	PART	POS	_	37	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **propose** | past | Lion |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **hunt** | should | they |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **kill** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | condition *not said here* | a small antelope |  |  |  | condition *obj* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer it=Result |
| 4 | **is** | past | condition |  |  |  |  | 's Little Jackal | tree rules |
| 5 | **kill** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive |  | a large one |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 6 | **is** | past | antelope |  |  |  |  | 's Lion | 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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