--- title: This saying is applied to any one who is boasting immoderately, as a… — Kaffir folk-lore · tree and pragmatics description: This saying is applied to any one who is boasting immoderately, as a warning that if he does not take care he will get into trouble, when he will be glad to take whatever comes to hand. Who acts: one, saying, whatever. 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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 (one, saying, whatever), 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:pg71335:26:105 # text = This saying is applied to any one who is boasting immoderately, as a warning that if he does not take care he will get into trouble, when he will be glad to take whatever comes to hand. 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 saying saying NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 applied apply VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 7 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 boasting boast VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 acl:relcl _ _ 11 immoderately immoderately ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 as as ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 warning warning NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 17 if if SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 22 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 acl _ _ 26 into into ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 when when SCONJ WRB _ 33 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 cop _ _ 33 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 parataxis _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 36 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 37 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 ccomp _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 hand hand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **apply** | present · passive | | this saying | any one | | | as a warning | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **boast** *speech: other* | present · progressive | any one | | | | | immoderately *property* | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **take** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · do-support | saying | care | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme | | 4 | **get** | future | saying | a warning *not said here* | | trouble | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer warning=Stimulus | | 5 | **is** | future | saying | | | | | glad *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **take** | to-infinitive | saying *not said here* | | | | | | vn require-103 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition | | 7 | **come** | present | whatever | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **hand** | to-infinitive | whatever *not said here* | | | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg71335/26/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg71335/26/106/) - ↑ back to [Proverbs and Figurative Expressions.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg71335/26/)