Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xix.--why the Mist Rises From the Water., sentence 56

The seven men were burnt to death, as they were too drunk to escape, but the cripple managed to crawl into a large water-pot which was kept in the room for drinking-water, and the fire did not hurt him, as he only kept his mouth just out of the water.

Who acts: witches, cripple, fire · What happens: burnt, be, escape, manage, crawl, keep · To what, where: seven men, large water pot, room, cripple, mouth, water

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 (witches, cripple, fire), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 men	det
2	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 men	nummod
3	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 burnt	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 burnt	aux:pass
5	burnt	burnt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 death	case
7	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 burnt	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 drunk	punct
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 drunk	mark
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 drunk	nsubj
11	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 drunk	cop
12	too	too	ADV	_	13 drunk	advmod
13	drunk	drunk	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 burnt	parataxis
14	to	to	PART	_	15 escape	mark
15	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 drunk	advcl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 managed	punct
17	but	but	CCONJ	_	20 managed	cc
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 cripple	det
19	cripple	cripple	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 managed	nsubj
20	managed	manage	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 burnt	conj
21	to	to	PART	_	22 crawl	mark
22	crawl	crawl	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 managed	xcomp
23	into	into	ADP	_	28 pot	case
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	28 pot	det
25	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 pot	amod
26	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 pot	compound
27	-	-	PUNCT	_	26 water	punct
28	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 crawl	obl
29	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	31 kept	nsubj:pass
30	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 kept	aux:pass
31	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	28 pot	acl:relcl
32	in	in	ADP	_	34 room	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 room	det
34	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 kept	obl
35	for	for	ADP	_	38 water	case
36	drinking	drinking	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 water	compound
37	-	-	PUNCT	_	36 drinking	punct
38	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 room	nmod
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 hurt	punct
40	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 hurt	cc
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 fire	det
42	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 hurt	nsubj
43	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 hurt	aux
44	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	45 hurt	advmod
45	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 burnt	advcl
46	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 hurt	obj
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 kept	punct
48	as	as	SCONJ	_	51 kept	mark
49	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 kept	nsubj
50	only	only	ADV	_	51 kept	advmod
51	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 burnt	conj
52	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	53 mouth	nmod:poss
53	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 kept	obj
54	just	just	ADV	_	58 water	advmod
55	out	out	ADP	_	58 water	case
56	of	of	ADP	_	58 water	case
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 water	det
58	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 kept	obl
59	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 burnt	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	burnt	past · passive		the seven men		to death	tree rules
2	is	past	witches = witch			drunk property	tree rules
3	escape	to-infinitive	witches = witch not said here				vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	manage	past	the cripple				vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
5	crawl	to-infinitive	the cripple not said here		a large water pot		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into pot=Destination
6	keep	past · passive		a large water pot	the room for drinking water		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in room=Location
7	not hurt	past · do-support	the fire	cripple			vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Patient
8	keep	past	fire	fire's mouth	the water		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent mouth=Theme out water=Location

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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Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xix.--why the Mist Rises From the Water., sentence 56