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title: His opponent throws his arms out in the same manner, so that his rig… — Kaffir folk-lore · tree and pragmatics
description: His opponent throws his arms out in the same manner, so that his right hand shall be opposite the first player’s left, and his left opposite the first player’s right. Who acts: opponent, right hand. A sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, The Story of Sikulume., with its dependency 
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# Kaffir folk-lore, The Story of Sikulume., sentence 41

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His opponent throws his arms out in the same manner, so that his right hand shall be opposite the first player’s left, and his left opposite the first player’s right.

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**Who acts:** opponent, right hand · **What happens:** throw out, be · **To what, where:** arms, same manner

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This is a sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, The Story of Sikulume.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (opponent, right hand), 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:pg71335:32:41
# text = His opponent throws his arms out in the same manner, so that his right hand shall be opposite the first player’s left, and his left opposite the first player’s right.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	opponent	opponent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	throws	throw	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	out	out	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	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	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
12	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	19	mark	_	_
13	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	fixed	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
15	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
17	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
18	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	cop	_	_
19	opposite	opposite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	22	amod	_	_
22	player	player	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	’s	's	PART	POS	_	22	case	_	_
24	left	left	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
27	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	29	nmod:poss	_	_
28	left	left	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	opposite	opposite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	32	amod	_	_
32	player	player	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	’s	's	PART	POS	_	32	case	_	_
34	right	right	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw out** | present | few's opponent | few's arms |  | the same manner |  | few's left opposite  the first player's right *conj*; out *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent arm=Theme in manner=Destination |
| 2 | **is** | shall | few's right hand |  |  |  |  | the first player's left *obl*; opposite *property* | tree rules |

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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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