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Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xix.--why the Mist Rises From the Water., sentence 117

When she went down the drum’s throat and reached the compound, she came across several people she did not know, but, on looking round, she saw her daughter, and ran to her and embraced her.

Who acts: Inkang · What happens: go down, reach, come, not know, look round, see · To what, where: throat, compound, several people, daughter, Inkang

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

advmodnsubjadvclcasedetnmod:posscaseoblccconjdetobjpunctnsubjadvmodamodobjnsubjauxadvmodacl:relclpunctccpunctmarkadvcladvmodpunctnsubjconjnmod:possobjpunctccparataxiscaseoblccconjobjpunctrootWhenADVshePRONwentVERBdownADPtheDETdrumNOUN’sPARTthroatNOUNandCCONJreachedVERBtheDETcompoundNOUN,PUNCTshePRONcameVERBacrossADVseveralADJpeopleNOUNshePRONdidAUXnotPARTknowVERB,PUNCTbutCCONJ,PUNCTonSCONJlookingVERBroundADV,PUNCTshePRONsawVERBherPRONdaughterNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJranVERBtoADPherPRONandCCONJembracedVERBherPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhenwhenADVPronType=Int3 wentadvmod
2sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 wentnsubj
3wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin15 cameadvcl
4downdownADP_8 throatcase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 drumdet
6drumdrumNOUNNumber=Sing8 throatnmod:poss
7’s'sPART_6 drumcase
8throatthroatNOUNNumber=Sing3 wentobl
9andandCCONJ_10 reachedcc
10reachedreachVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 wentconj
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 compounddet
12compoundcompoundNOUNNumber=Sing10 reachedobj
13,,PUNCT_3 wentpunct
14sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs15 camensubj
15camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
16acrossacrossADV_15 cameadvmod
17severalseveralADJDegree=Pos18 peopleamod
18peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur15 cameobj
19sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs22 knownsubj
20diddoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin22 knowaux
21notnotPARTPolarity=Neg22 knowadvmod
22knowknowVERBVerbForm=Inf18 peopleacl:relcl
23,,PUNCT_31 sawpunct
24butbutCCONJ_31 sawcc
25,,PUNCT_24 butpunct
26ononSCONJ_27 lookingmark
27lookinglookVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part31 sawadvcl
28roundroundADV_27 lookingadvmod
29,,PUNCT_27 lookingpunct
30sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs31 sawnsubj
31sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin15 cameconj
32herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs33 daughternmod:poss
33daughterdaughterNOUNNumber=Sing31 sawobj
34,,PUNCT_36 ranpunct
35andandCCONJ_36 rancc
36ranrunVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin15 cameparataxis
37totoADP_38 hercase
38hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs36 ranobl
39andandCCONJ_40 embracedcc
40embracedembraceVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin36 ranconj
41hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs40 embracedobj
42..PUNCT_15 camepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1go downpastInkangthe drum's throatvn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient throat=Extent
2reachpastInkang not said herethe compoundvn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent compound=Theme
3comepastInkangseveral peopleacross propertyvn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location people=Theme
4not knowpast · do-supportInkangseveral people not said herevn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus
5look roundgerundInkang not said hereround propertyvn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
6seepastInkangInkang's daughtervn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer daughter=Stimulus
7runpastInkangvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to she=Result
8embracepastInkangvn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent

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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