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Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xix.--why the Mist Rises From the Water., sentence 110

Then on the third day she started off, when there was no one about, with the razors in her cloth, and went by the road leading to the town of the wooden drum.

Who acts: Inkang · What happens: start off, be, go, lead · To what, where: one

This is a sentence of «Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria» by Elphinstone Dayrell, Xix.--why the Mist Rises From the Water.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Inkang), 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

advmodcasedetamodoblnsubjcompound:prtpunctadvmodexplcopdetconjadvmodpunctcasedetnmodcasenmod:possnmodpunctccconjcasedetobladvclcasedetoblcasedetamodnmodpunctrootThenADVonADPtheDETthirdADJdayNOUNshePRONstartedVERBoffADP,PUNCTwhenADVtherePRONwasAUXnoDEToneNOUNaboutADV,PUNCTwithADPtheDETrazorsNOUNinADPherPRONclothNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJwentVERBbyADPtheDETroadNOUNleadingVERBtoADPtheDETtownNOUNofADPtheDETwoodenADJdrumNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThenthenADVPronType=Dem7 startedadvmod
2ononADP_5 daycase
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 daydet
4thirdthirdADJDegree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord5 dayamod
5daydayNOUNNumber=Sing7 startedobl
6sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 startednsubj
7startedstartVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
8offoffADP_7 startedcompound:prt
9,,PUNCT_14 onepunct
10whenwhenADVPronType=Int12 wasadvmod
11theretherePRONPronType=Dem12 wasexpl
12wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin14 onecop
13nonoDETPronType=Neg14 onedet
14oneoneNOUNNumber=Sing7 startedconj
15aboutaboutADV_14 oneadvmod
16,,PUNCT_15 aboutpunct
17withwithADP_19 razorscase
18thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 razorsdet
19razorsrazorNOUNNumber=Plur14 onenmod
20ininADP_22 clothcase
21herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs22 clothnmod:poss
22clothclothNOUNNumber=Sing19 razorsnmod
23,,PUNCT_25 wentpunct
24andandCCONJ_25 wentcc
25wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 startedconj
26bybyADP_28 roadcase
27thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art28 roaddet
28roadroadNOUNNumber=Sing25 wentobl
29leadingleadVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part25 wentadvcl
30totoADP_32 towncase
31thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art32 towndet
32towntownNOUNNumber=Sing29 leadingobl
33ofofADP_36 drumcase
34thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art36 drumdet
35woodenwoodenADJDegree=Pos36 drumamod
36drumdrumNOUNNumber=Sing32 townnmod
37..PUNCT_7 startedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1start offpastInkangthen; dayvn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2is apastInkang not said hereno onewith the razors in Inkang's cloth; about propertytree rules
3gopastInkang not said hereby the roadvn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by road=Location
4leadgerundInkang not said hereto the town of the wooden drumvn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to town=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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