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title: Among them was the son of a certain chief, who fell in love with Tan… — Kaffir folk-lore · tree and pragmatics
description: Among them was the son of a certain chief, who fell in love with Tangalimlibo as soon as he saw her. Who acts: mats, certain chief, 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 24

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Among them was the son of a certain chief, who fell in love with Tangalimlibo as soon as he saw her.

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**Who acts:** mats, certain chief, man · **What happens:** be, fall, see · **To what, where:** love, Tangalimlibo

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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 (mats, certain chief, 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:pg71335:6:24
# text = Among them was the son of a certain chief, who fell in love with Tangalimlibo as soon as he saw her.
1	Among	among	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	chief	chief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Tangalimlibo	Tangalimlibo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
17	as	as	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	12	advmod	_	_
19	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
20	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
21	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	advcl	_	_
22	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | mats *= mat* |  |  |  |  | among the son; of a certain chief | tree rules |
| 2 | **fall** | past | a certain chief |  |  | love with Tangalimlibo |  | soon *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in love=Location |
| 3 | **see** | past | man | Tangalimlibo |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |

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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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