Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Opening, sentence 33
If she did not prove satisfactory, she would be returned to her parents, who would refund the amount of dowry received up to date, and the girl would be given a present of about 8_s._; she could then marry another man.
Who acts: girl · What happens: not prove, return, refund, receive up, give, marry · To what, where: girl, parents, amount, man, dowry
This is a sentence of «Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria» by Elphinstone Dayrell, Opening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (girl), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 prove | mark |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 prove | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 prove | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 prove | advmod |
| 5 | prove | prove | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | satisfactory | satisfactory | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 prove | xcomp |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 prove | punct |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 returned | nsubj |
| 9 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 returned | aux |
| 10 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 returned | aux:pass |
| 11 | returned | return | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 prove | parataxis |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 parents | case |
| 13 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 parents | nmod:poss |
| 14 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 returned | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 refund | punct |
| 16 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 refund | nsubj |
| 17 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 refund | aux |
| 18 | refund | refund | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 returned | conj |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 amount | det |
| 20 | amount | amount | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 refund | obj |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 dowry | case |
| 22 | dowry | dowry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 amount | nmod |
| 23 | received | receive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 amount | acl |
| 24 | up | up | ADP | _ | 23 received | compound:prt |
| 25 | to | to | ADP | _ | 26 date | case |
| 26 | date | date | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 received | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 given | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 given | cc |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 girl | det |
| 30 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 given | nsubj:pass |
| 31 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 33 given | aux |
| 32 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 33 given | aux:pass |
| 33 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 refund | parataxis |
| 34 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 35 present | det |
| 35 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 given | obj |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 8 | case |
| 37 | about | about | ADV | _ | 38 8 | advmod |
| 38 | 8 | 8 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 35 present | nmod |
| 39 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 33 given | punct |
| 40 | s. | s. | X | _ | 18 refund | obj |
| 41 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 40 s. | punct |
| 42 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 46 marry | punct |
| 43 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 marry | nsubj |
| 44 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 46 marry | aux |
| 45 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 46 marry | advmod |
| 46 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 prove | conj |
| 47 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 48 man | det |
| 48 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 marry | obj |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 prove | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not prove | past · do-support | girl | satisfactory property | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | return | would · passive | girl | girl's parents | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to parent=Destination | ||||
| 3 | refund | would | the amount of dowry | who nsubj | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent amount=Recipient s.=Theme | ||||
| 4 | receive up | participle | the amount of dowry not said here | to date | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | give | would · passive | the girl | a present of 8 obj | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient present=Theme | ||||
| 6 | marry | could | girl | another man | then | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient | |||
| 7 | amount | dowry | nom amount «possession transitive»: of=patient |
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.
Text: «Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria» by Elphinstone Dayrell, Project Gutenberg book 70959 (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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