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title: A man may marry a woman of the same clan that he belongs to, provide… — Kaffir folk-lore · tree and pragmatics
description: A man may marry a woman of the same clan that he belongs to, provided she is not a blood relative; but he may not marry a woman whose father’s family title is the same as his own, even though no relationship can be traced between them, and the one may belong to the Xosa and the other to the Pondo tr
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# Kaffir folk-lore, The Story of Five Heads., sentence 19

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A man may marry a woman of the same clan that he belongs to, provided she is not a blood relative; but he may not marry a woman whose father’s family title is the same as his own, even though no relationship can be traced between them, and the one may belong to the Xosa and the other to the Pondo tribe.

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**Who acts:** man, peculiarity, woman, one, father · **What happens:** marry, belong, provide, not be, not marry, be · **To what, where:** woman, blood relative, relationship

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This is a sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, The Story of Five Heads.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, peculiarity, woman, one), 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:pg71335:28:19
# text = A man may marry a woman of the same clan that he belongs to, provided she is not a blood relative; but he may not marry a woman whose father’s family title is the same as his own, even though no relationship can be traced between them, and the one may belong to the Xosa and the other to the Pondo tribe.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	clan	clan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	belongs	belong	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
16	provided	provide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	ccomp	_	_
17	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
19	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	22	advmod	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
22	relative	relative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	28	punct	_	_
24	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
25	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
26	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	28	aux	_	_
27	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	28	advmod	_	_
28	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
29	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nsubj	_	_
31	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	32	nmod:poss	_	_
32	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	’s	's	PART	POS	_	32	case	_	_
34	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	compound	_	_
35	title	title	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	_
36	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	38	cop	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	ccomp	_	_
39	as	as	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	41	nmod:poss	_	_
41	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
43	even	even	ADV	RB	_	49	advmod	_	_
44	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	49	mark	_	_
45	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	46	det	_	_
46	relationship	relationship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	nsubj:pass	_	_
47	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	49	aux	_	_
48	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	49	aux:pass	_	_
49	traced	trace	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	28	advcl	_	_
50	between	between	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
53	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	nsubj	_	_
56	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	57	aux	_	_
57	belong	belong	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	conj	_	_
58	to	to	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
59	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
60	Xosa	Xosa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	57	obl	_	_
61	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	63	cc	_	_
62	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
63	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	60	conj	_	_
64	to	to	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
65	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	67	det	_	_
66	Pondo	Pondo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	67	compound	_	_
67	tribe	tribe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **marry** | may | a man | a woman of the same clan |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Patient |
| 2 | **belong** | present | peculiarity |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **provide** | past | peculiarity *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition |
| 4 | **not** **is a** | present | woman | a blood relative |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **not** **marry** | may | peculiarity |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 6 | **is** | present | a woman  father's family title's father's family title |  |  |  |  | as peculiarity's own; same *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **trace** | can · passive |  | no relationship |  |  |  | between clans *= clan* | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 8 | **belong** | may | the one |  |  |  |  | to the Xosa; to the Pondo tribe | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
| 9 | **title** |  | father's family title's father's family title's father |  |  |  |  |  | nom title «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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