--- title: In the dance the men stand in lines three, four, or more rows in dep… — Kaffir folk-lore · tree and pragmatics description: In the dance the men stand in lines three, four, or more rows in depth, according to their number, and at a little distance behind the women stand in the same order, that is, they are ranged as follows:— Who acts: men, women. 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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 (men, women), 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:pg71335:28:37 # text = In the dance the men stand in lines three, four, or more rows in depth, according to their number, and at a little distance behind the women stand in the same order, that is, they are ranged as follows:— 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 dance dance NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 stand stand VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 lines line NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 9 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 or or CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 15 amod _ _ 15 rows row NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 depth depth NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 case _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 19 fixed _ _ 21 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 29 behind behind ADP IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 32 stand stand VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 38 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 ranged range VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 44 as as SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 45 follows follow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 — - PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | present | the men | | | the dance | | in lines or more rows in depth and men's number; a little distance *conj* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in dance=Location | | 2 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **stand** | present | the women | | | the same order | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in order=Location | | 4 | **is** | present · passive | | that | | | | men *= man* *nsubj*; range *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **follow** | present | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg71335/28/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg71335/28/38/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Five Heads.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg71335/28/)