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title: A son of her father’s chief councillor puts on his head the two wing… — Kaffir folk-lore · tree and pragmatics
description: A son of her father’s chief councillor puts on his head the two wings of a blue crane (the indwe), regarded by the Kaffirs as an emblem of bravery only to be worn by veterans in time of war. Who acts: son, veterans. A sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, Story of the Girl Who Disre
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# Kaffir folk-lore, Story of the Girl Who Disregarded the Custom of Ntonjane., sentence 25

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A son of her father’s chief councillor puts on his head the two wings of a blue crane (the indwe), regarded by the Kaffirs as an emblem of bravery only to be worn by veterans in time of war.

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**Who acts:** son, veterans · **What happens:** put, regard, wear · **To what, where:** two wings, head

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This is a sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, Story of the Girl Who Disregarded the Custom of Ntonjane.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (son, veterans), 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:pg71335:30:25
# text = A son of her father’s chief councillor puts on his head the two wings of a blue crane (the indwe), regarded by the Kaffirs as an emblem of bravery only to be worn by veterans in time of war.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	’s	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	chief	chief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	councillor	councillor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
9	puts	put	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	crane	crane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
20	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	indwe	indwe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
25	regarded	regard	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	acl	_	_
26	by	by	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	Kaffirs	kaffir	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	obl	_	_
29	as	as	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	emblem	emblem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	bravery	bravery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	_
34	only	only	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	_
35	to	to	PART	TO	_	37	mark	_	_
36	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	aux:pass	_	_
37	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	25	advcl	_	_
38	by	by	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	veterans	veteran	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	obl	_	_
40	in	in	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	_
42	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | present | a son of ceremony's father's chief councillor | the two wings of a blue crane |  | son's head |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent wing=Theme on head=Destination |
| 2 | **regard** | participle |  | the two wings of a blue crane *not said here* |  |  |  | by the Kaffirs; as a emblem of bravery | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent as emblem=Value |
| 3 | **wear** | to-infinitive · passive | veterans |  |  |  | time |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=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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