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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So | so | ADV | _ | 4 said | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 torturer | det |
| 3 | torturer | torturer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 said | nsubj |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 feel | punct |
| 6 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 feel | punct |
| 7 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 feel | aux |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 feel | nsubj |
| 9 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 said | ccomp |
| 10 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 11 pain | det |
| 11 | pain | pain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 feel | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 Agbor | punct |
| 13 | Agbor | Agbor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 pain | appos |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 feel | punct |
| 15 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 feel | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 replied | cc |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 replied | nsubj |
| 18 | replied | reply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 said | conj |
| 19 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 No. | punct |
| 20 | No. | no. | NOUN | Abbr=Yes Number=Sing | 18 replied | obj |
| 21 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 No. | punct |
| 22 | After | after | ADP | _ | 25 time | case |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 time | det |
| 24 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 time | amod |
| 25 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 replied | obl |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 man | det |
| 27 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 cut | nsubj |
| 28 | cut | cut | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 time | acl:relcl |
| 29 | off | off | ADP | _ | 28 cut | compound:prt |
| 30 | Agbor | Agbor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 hand | nmod:poss |
| 31 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 30 Agbor | case |
| 32 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 hand | amod |
| 33 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 cut | obj |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 remained | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 remained | cc |
| 36 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 39 remained | mark |
| 37 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 remained | nsubj |
| 38 | still | still | ADV | _ | 39 remained | advmod |
| 39 | remained | remain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 said | conj |
| 40 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 remained | xcomp |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 asked | punct |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 man | det |
| 43 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 asked | nsubj |
| 44 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 said | conj |
| 45 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 asked | iobj |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 feel | punct |
| 47 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 51 feel | punct |
| 48 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 51 feel | advmod |
| 49 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 51 feel | aux |
| 50 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 51 feel | nsubj |
| 51 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 44 asked | ccomp |
| 52 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 51 feel | advmod |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 Agbor | punct |
| 54 | Agbor | Agbor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 51 feel | vocative |
| 55 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 51 feel | punct |
| 56 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 51 feel | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: ask | past | the torturer | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | feel in a quote | present · do-support | you | any pain | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pain=Theme | ||||
| 3 | reply speech: assert | past | Agbor | No. | time | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent no.=Topic | |||
| 4 | cut off | past | the man | Agbor's right hand | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector hand=Eventuality | ||||
| 5 | remain | past | Agbor | still | quiet property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 6 | ask speech: ask | past | the man | Agbor | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 7 | feel in a quote | present · do-support | Agbor | now | Agbor vocative | vn 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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