--- title: Little Jackal looked down and said: “Who are you, and what is your n… — Kaffir folk-lore · tree and pragmatics description: Little Jackal looked down and said: “Who are you, and what is your name, and whose son are you, and where are you from, and where are you going to, and whom do you want, and what do you want him for?” Who acts: Little Jackal, you. 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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 (Little Jackal, you), 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:pg71335:25:68 # text = Little Jackal looked down and said: “Who are you, and what is your name, and whose son are you, and where are you from, and where are you going to, and whom do you want, and what do you want him for?” 1 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 Jackal Jackal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 down down ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 10 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 17 nsubj _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 vocative _ _ 22 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 3 conj _ _ 27 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 29 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 35 advmod _ _ 33 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 35 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 39 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 42 obj _ _ 40 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 45 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 48 obj _ _ 46 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 conj _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 for for ADP IN _ 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ? ? PUNCT . _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ” " PUNCT '' _ 42 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look down** | past | Little Jackal | | | | | down *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | Little Jackal *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | you | | | | Who *nsubj* | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | your name | | | | your name's son *vocative*; what *nsubj*; your *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | you | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | where *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive | you | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **want** *in a quote* | present · do-support | you | | | | | whom *obj* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot whom=Theme | | 9 | **want** *in a quote* | present · do-support | you | Jackal | | | | what *obj* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme he=Attribute | 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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg71335/25/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg71335/25/69/) - ↑ back to [Story of Lion and Little Jackal.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg71335/25/)