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title: As might be supposed, the escape of the man from being drowned was t… — Kaffir folk-lore · tree and pragmatics
description: As might be supposed, the escape of the man from being drowned was then attributed to his being in possession of a powerful charm. Who acts: man. A sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, The Story of Tangalimlibo., with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause.
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# Kaffir folk-lore, The Story of Tangalimlibo., sentence 63

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As might be supposed, the escape of the man from being drowned was then attributed to his being in possession of a powerful charm.

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**Who acts:** man · **What happens:** suppose, drown, attribute, be, escape · **To what, where:** man, escape

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This is a sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, The Story of Tangalimlibo.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man), 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:pg71335:29:63
# text = As might be supposed, the escape of the man from being drowned was then attributed to his being in possession of a powerful charm.
1	As	as	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	supposed	suppose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	escape	escape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	drowned	drown	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
15	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	16	advmod	_	_
16	attributed	attribute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
19	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	21	cop	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	possession	possession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	powerful	powerful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	charm	charm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suppose** | might · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S» |
| 2 | **drown** | gerund · passive |  | the man *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP» |
| 3 | **attribute** | past · passive |  | the escape of the man |  |  | then |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to One's possession; of a powerful charm; One *nmod:poss* | tree rules |
| 5 | **escape** |  | the man |  |  |  |  |  | nom escape «act intransitive»: of=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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