Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxi.--why the Head of the Male Goat Smells So Strong., sentence 23
The goat went up to the man and told him that the feather was his, and asked for payment, so the man took the goat to his house and gave him one yam in satisfaction of his claim.
Who acts: goat, feather, man, play · What happens: go up, tell, be, ask, take, give · To what, where: play, goat, house, one yam, satisfaction, claim · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria» by Elphinstone Dayrell, Xxi.--why the Head of the Male Goat Smells So Strong.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (goat, feather, man, play), 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 | 2 goat | det |
| 2 | goat | goat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 went | nsubj |
| 3 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 went | compound:prt |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 man | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 man | det |
| 7 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 went | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 told | cc |
| 9 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | conj |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 told | iobj |
| 11 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 15 his | mark |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 feather | det |
| 13 | feather | feather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 his | nsubj |
| 14 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 his | cop |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 told | ccomp |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 asked | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 asked | cc |
| 18 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | conj |
| 19 | for | for | ADP | _ | 20 payment | case |
| 20 | payment | payment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 asked | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 took | punct |
| 22 | so | so | ADV | _ | 25 took | advmod |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 man | det |
| 24 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 took | nsubj |
| 25 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | parataxis |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 goat | det |
| 27 | goat | goat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 took | obj |
| 28 | to | to | ADP | _ | 30 house | case |
| 29 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 house | nmod:poss |
| 30 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 took | obl |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 gave | cc |
| 32 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 took | conj |
| 33 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 gave | iobj |
| 34 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 35 yam | nummod |
| 35 | yam | yam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 gave | obj |
| 36 | in | in | ADP | _ | 37 satisfaction | case |
| 37 | satisfaction | satisfaction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 gave | obl |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 claim | case |
| 39 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 claim | nmod:poss |
| 40 | claim | claim | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 satisfaction | nmod |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go up | past | the goat | to the man | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | past | the goat not said here | play | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | is a | past | the feather | play | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | ask speech: ask | past | the goat not said here | for payment | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | take | past | the man | the goat | play's house | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent goat=Theme to house=Destination | |||
| 6 | give | past | the man not said here | one yam | play | satisfaction of play's claim | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient yam=Theme | ||
| 7 | satisfy | play's claim | nom satisfaction «feeling transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 8 | claim | play | nom claim «communication transitive»: poss=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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