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title: She commanded the nurse never to say to any one that she came out of… — Kaffir folk-lore · tree and pragmatics
description: She commanded the nurse never to say to any one that she came out of the water, and told her that when people asked where the child got food she must say she gave it berries to eat. Who acts: name, people, child. A sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, The Story of Tangalimlibo., wi
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# Kaffir folk-lore, The Story of Tangalimlibo., sentence 77

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She commanded the nurse never to say to any one that she came out of the water, and told her that when people asked where the child got food she must say she gave it berries to eat.

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**Who acts:** name, people, child · **What happens:** not command, say, come out, tell, ask, get · **To what, where:** nurse, one, water, name, food · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (name, people, child), 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:pg71335:6:77
# text = She commanded the nurse never to say to any one that she came out of the water, and told her that when people asked where the child got food she must say she gave it berries to eat.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	commanded	command	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	obl	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
14	out	out	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
21	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	iobj	_	_
22	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
23	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	25	advmod	_	_
24	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	nsubj	_	_
25	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	advcl	_	_
26	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	29	advmod	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nsubj	_	_
29	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	ccomp	_	_
30	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obj	_	_
31	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	_
32	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	33	aux	_	_
33	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	xcomp	_	_
34	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj	_	_
35	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	ccomp	_	_
36	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	obj	_	_
37	berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	obj	_	_
38	to	to	PART	TO	_	39	mark	_	_
39	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **command** | past | name | the nurse |  |  |  |  | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent nurse=Eventuality |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | name *not said here* |  | any one |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to one=Recipient |
| 3 | **come out** | past | name | any one |  | the water |  |  | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient water=Result |
| 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | name *not said here* |  | name |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |
| 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 6 | **get** | past | the child | food |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | must | name |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 8 | **give** | past | name | food |  |  |  | berries *obj* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient berry=Theme |
| 9 | **eat** | to-infinitive | name *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: 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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