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title: This proverb is used when one asks another for anything, and implies… — Kaffir folk-lore · tree and pragmatics
description: This proverb is used when one asks another for anything, and implies, If you do not give to me now, I will not give to you when I have anything that you would like a share of. Who acts: one, you, I. A sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, Proverbs and Figurative Expressions., with i
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# Kaffir folk-lore, Proverbs and Figurative Expressions., sentence 110

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This proverb is used when one asks another for anything, and implies, If you do not give to me now, I will not give to you when I have anything that you would like a share of.

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**Who acts:** one, you, I · **What happens:** use, ask, imply, not give, have, like · **To what, where:** proverb, another, me, you, anything, share

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This is a sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, Proverbs and Figurative Expressions.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one, you, I), 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:pg71335:26:110
# text = This proverb is used when one asks another for anything, and implies, If you do not give to me now, I will not give to you when I have anything that you would like a share of.
1	This	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	proverb	proverb	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	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nsubj	_	_
7	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	implies	imply	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
15	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
16	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
17	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
18	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	19	advmod	_	_
19	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	ccomp	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	19	obl	_	_
22	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	19	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
24	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
25	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	27	aux	_	_
26	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	27	advmod	_	_
27	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	conj	_	_
28	to	to	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	27	obl	_	_
30	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	32	advmod	_	_
31	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
32	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	advcl	_	_
33	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	32	obj	_	_
34	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	37	obj	_	_
35	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
36	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	37	aux	_	_
37	like	like	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	33	acl:relcl	_	_
38	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	share	share	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obj	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present · passive |  | this proverb |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | one | another |  |  |  | for anything | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent another=Recipient |
| 3 | **imply** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic |
| 4 | **not** **give** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · do-support | you |  | me |  | now |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to i=Recipient |
| 5 | **not** **give** | future | I |  | you |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to you=Recipient |
| 6 | **have** | present | I | anything |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient |
| 7 | **like** | would | you | a share |  |  |  |  | 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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