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title: Upon the birth of her first child, whether son or daughter, she is f… — Kaffir folk-lore · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon the birth of her first child, whether son or daughter, she is frequently called by every one else after the name given to the child, “the mother of so-and-so.” Who acts: one. A sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, The Runaway Children., with its dependency tree and the pragmat
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# Kaffir folk-lore, The Runaway Children., sentence 7

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Upon the birth of her first child, whether son or daughter, she is frequently called by every one else after the name given to the child, “the mother of so-and-so.”

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**Who acts:** one · **What happens:** call, give · **To what, where:** woman, name, child · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, The Runaway Children.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (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:pg71335:35:7
# text = Upon the birth of her first child, whether son or daughter, she is frequently called by every one else after the name given to the child, “the mother of so-and-so.”
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	amod	_	_
7	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
14	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux:pass	_	_
16	frequently	frequently	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
18	by	by	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	20	det	_	_
20	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
21	else	else	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
22	after	after	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
25	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	24	acl	_	_
26	to	to	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
30	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	32	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
34	so	so	ADV	RB	_	38	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	34	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	36	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	so	so	ADV	RB	_	32	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present · passive | every one after the name | woman |  |  |  | upon the birth of woman's first child and son or daughter; the mother *obl*; frequently *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **give** | participle |  | the name *not said here* | the child |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to child=Recipient |

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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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