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title: When poured out for use by the master of the household, who is the o… — Kaffir folk-lore · tree and pragmatics
description: When poured out for use by the master of the household, who is the only one permitted to touch the milk-sack, a portion is always left behind to act as leaven. Who acts: master. A sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, Story of the Bird That Made Milk., with its dependency tree and t
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# Kaffir folk-lore, Story of the Bird That Made Milk., sentence 3

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When poured out for use by the master of the household, who is the only one permitted to touch the milk-sack, a portion is always left behind to act as leaven.

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**Who acts:** master · **What happens:** pour out, be, permit, touch, leave behind, act · **To what, where:** only one, milk sack, portion

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This is a sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, Story of the Bird That Made Milk.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (master), 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:pg71335:27:3
# text = When poured out for use by the master of the household, who is the only one permitted to touch the milk-sack, a portion is always left behind to act as leaven.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	poured	pour	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
18	permitted	permit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	acl	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	touch	touch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	xcomp	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
22	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
26	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	portion	portion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nsubj:pass	_	_
28	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	aux:pass	_	_
29	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	30	advmod	_	_
30	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	parataxis	_	_
31	behind	behind	ADV	RB	_	30	advmod	_	_
32	to	to	PART	TO	_	33	mark	_	_
33	act	act	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	advcl	_	_
34	as	as	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	leaven	leaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour out** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | for use; by the master of the household | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for use=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the master of the household | the only one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **permit** | participle |  | the only one *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **touch** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | the milk sack |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sack=Co-Theme |
| 5 | **leave behind** | present · passive |  | a portion |  |  |  | always, behind *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 6 | **act** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | as leaven | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as leaven=Attribute |

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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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