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Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xiv.--the Fate of Agbor the Hunter, Who Killed His Wife and Children., sentence 32

So the torturer said, “Do you feel any pain, Agbor?” and he replied “No.” After a short time the man cut off Agbor’s right hand, and as he still remained quiet, the man asked him, “How do you feel now, Agbor?”

Who acts: torturer, you, Agbor, man · What happens: say, feel, reply, cut off, remain, ask · To what, where: pain, No., right hand, Agbor · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria» by Elphinstone Dayrell, Xiv.--the Fate of Agbor the Hunter, Who Killed His Wife and Children.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (torturer, you, Agbor, man), 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

advmoddetnsubjpunctpunctauxnsubjccompdetobjpunctappospunctpunctccnsubjconjpunctobjpunctcasedetamodobldetnsubjacl:relclcompound:prtnmod:posscaseamodobjpunctccmarknsubjadvmodconjxcomppunctdetnsubjconjiobjpunctpunctadvmodauxnsubjccompadvmodpunctvocativepunctpunctrootSoADVtheDETtorturerNOUNsaidVERB,PUNCT“PUNCTDoAUXyouPRONfeelVERBanyDETpainNOUN,PUNCTAgborPROPN?PUNCT”PUNCTandCCONJhePRONrepliedVERB“PUNCTNo.NOUN”PUNCTAfterADPaDETshortADJtimeNOUNtheDETmanNOUNcutVERBoffADPAgborPROPN’sPARTrightADJhandNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJasSCONJhePRONstillADVremainedVERBquietADJ,PUNCTtheDETmanNOUNaskedVERBhimPRON,PUNCT“PUNCTHowADVdoAUXyouPRONfeelVERBnowADV,PUNCTAgborPROPN?PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SosoADV_4 saidadvmod
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 torturerdet
3torturertorturerNOUNNumber=Sing4 saidnsubj
4saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5,,PUNCT_9 feelpunct
6“"PUNCT_9 feelpunct
7DodoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 feelaux
8youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs9 feelnsubj
9feelfeelVERBVerbForm=Inf4 saidccomp
10anyanyDETPronType=Ind11 paindet
11painpainNOUNNumber=Sing9 feelobj
12,,PUNCT_13 Agborpunct
13AgborAgborPROPNNumber=Sing11 painappos
14??PUNCT_9 feelpunct
15”"PUNCT_9 feelpunct
16andandCCONJ_18 repliedcc
17hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs18 repliednsubj
18repliedreplyVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 saidconj
19“"PUNCT_20 No.punct
20No.no.NOUNAbbr=Yes Number=Sing18 repliedobj
21”"PUNCT_20 No.punct
22AfterafterADP_25 timecase
23aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art25 timedet
24shortshortADJDegree=Pos25 timeamod
25timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing18 repliedobl
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 mandet
27manmanNOUNNumber=Sing28 cutnsubj
28cutcutVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin25 timeacl:relcl
29offoffADP_28 cutcompound:prt
30AgborAgborPROPNNumber=Sing33 handnmod:poss
31’s'sPART_30 Agborcase
32rightrightADJDegree=Pos33 handamod
33handhandNOUNNumber=Sing28 cutobj
34,,PUNCT_39 remainedpunct
35andandCCONJ_39 remainedcc
36asasSCONJ_39 remainedmark
37hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs39 remainednsubj
38stillstillADV_39 remainedadvmod
39remainedremainVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 saidconj
40quietquietADJDegree=Pos39 remainedxcomp
41,,PUNCT_44 askedpunct
42thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art43 mandet
43manmanNOUNNumber=Sing44 askednsubj
44askedaskVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 saidconj
45himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs44 askediobj
46,,PUNCT_51 feelpunct
47“"PUNCT_51 feelpunct
48HowhowADVPronType=Int51 feeladvmod
49dodoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin51 feelaux
50youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs51 feelnsubj
51feelfeelVERBVerbForm=Inf44 askedccomp
52nownowADVPronType=Dem51 feeladvmod
53,,PUNCT_54 Agborpunct
54AgborAgborPROPNNumber=Sing51 feelvocative
55??PUNCT_51 feelpunct
56”"PUNCT_51 feelpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: askpastthe torturervn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2feel in a quotepresent · do-supportyouany painvn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pain=Theme
3reply speech: assertpastAgborNo.timevn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent no.=Topic
4cut offpastthe manAgbor's right handvn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector hand=Eventuality
5remainpastAgborstillquiet propertyvn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6ask speech: askpastthe manAgborvn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
7feel in a quotepresent · do-supportAgbornowAgbor vocativevn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

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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