Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xix.--why the Mist Rises From the Water., sentence 87

After she had gone for a little distance outside the town, Ibanang came to a place where the path divided and, not knowing which way to go, she took the path which led to the right, and ran on until she came to a cripple sitting on the side of the path beneath a tree.

Who acts: mother, Ibanang, path, cripple · What happens: go, come, divide, not know, take, lead · To what, where: place, way, path, cripple, side

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 (mother, Ibanang, path, cripple), 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	After	after	SCONJ	_	4 gone	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gone	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 gone	aux
4	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	14 came	advcl
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 distance	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 distance	det
7	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 distance	amod
8	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gone	obl
9	outside	outside	ADP	_	11 town	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 town	det
11	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 distance	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 gone	punct
13	Ibanang	Ibanang	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 came	nsubj
14	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 place	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 place	det
17	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 came	obl
18	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	21 divided	advmod
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 path	det
20	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 divided	nsubj
21	divided	divide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 place	acl:relcl
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 knowing	cc
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 knowing	punct
24	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	25 knowing	advmod
25	knowing	know	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	21 divided	conj
26	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	27 way	det
27	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 knowing	obj
28	to	to	PART	_	29 go	mark
29	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 way	acl
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 took	punct
31	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 took	nsubj
32	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 came	conj
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 path	det
34	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 took	obj
35	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	36 led	nsubj
36	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 path	acl:relcl
37	to	to	ADP	_	39 right	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 right	det
39	right	right	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 led	obl
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 ran	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 ran	cc
42	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 took	conj
43	on	on	ADP	_	42 ran	compound:prt
44	until	until	SCONJ	_	46 came	mark
45	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 came	nsubj
46	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 ran	advcl
47	to	to	ADP	_	49 cripple	case
48	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	49 cripple	det
49	cripple	cripple	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 came	obl
50	sitting	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	49 cripple	acl
51	on	on	ADP	_	53 side	case
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 side	det
53	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 sitting	obl
54	of	of	ADP	_	56 path	case
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 path	det
56	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 side	nmod
57	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	59 tree	case
58	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	59 tree	det
59	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 sitting	obl
60	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 came	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	go	past · perfect	mother			for a little distance outside the town	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for distance=Beneficiary
2	come	past	Ibanang		a place		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to place=Initial_Location
3	divide	past	the path				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	not know	gerund	the path not said here	which way			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus
5	go	to-infinitive	the path not said here	which way not said here			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	take	past	mother	the path			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent path=Theme
7	lead	past	the path			to the right	vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to right=Patient
8	run on	past	mother not said here				vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	come	past	mother		a cripple		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to cripple=Initial_Location
10	sit	gerund	a cripple not said here		the side of the path	beneath a tree	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on side=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 87

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Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xix.--why the Mist Rises From the Water., sentence 87