Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxii.--a Story of the Great Famine., sentence 38

The hare then told the alligators that he had finished painting all their children, and wanted to go home, but he told them that they must not go into the house until after he had gone, as if they did his ju-ju would be broken and all the painting would be spoiled.

Who acts: hare, thing, alligators · What happens: tell, finish, paint, want, go, not go · To what, where: alligators, children, house, ju ju, painting · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria» by Elphinstone Dayrell, Xxii.--a Story of the Great Famine.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (hare, thing, alligators), 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 hare	det
2	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	nsubj
3	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 told	advmod
4	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 alligators	det
6	alligators	alligator	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 told	obj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 finished	nsubj:pass
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 finished	nsubj
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 finished	aux
10	finished	finish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 alligators	acl:relcl
11	painting	paint	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 finished	xcomp
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 children	det:predet
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 children	nmod:poss
14	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 painting	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 wanted	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 wanted	cc
17	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 told	conj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 go	mark
19	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 wanted	xcomp
20	home	home	ADV	_	19 go	advmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 told	punct
22	but	but	CCONJ	_	24 told	cc
23	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 told	nsubj
24	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 told	conj
25	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 told	iobj
26	that	that	SCONJ	_	30 go	mark
27	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 go	nsubj
28	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	30 go	aux
29	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	30 go	advmod
30	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 told	ccomp
31	into	into	ADP	_	33 house	case
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 house	det
33	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 go	obl
34	until	until	SCONJ	_	38 gone	mark
35	after	after	SCONJ	_	38 gone	mark
36	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 gone	nsubj
37	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 gone	aux
38	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	30 go	advcl
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 did	punct
40	as	as	SCONJ	_	43 did	mark
41	if	if	SCONJ	_	43 did	mark
42	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 did	nsubj
43	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 gone	advcl
44	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	47 ju	nmod:poss
45	ju	ju	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 ju	compound
46	-	-	PUNCT	_	45 ju	punct
47	ju	ju	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 broken	nsubj:pass
48	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	50 broken	aux
49	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	50 broken	aux:pass
50	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	43 did	parataxis
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 spoiled	cc
52	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	54 painting	det:predet
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 painting	det
54	painting	painting	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 spoiled	nsubj:pass
55	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	57 spoiled	aux
56	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	57 spoiled	aux:pass
57	spoiled	spoil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	50 broken	conj
58	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 told	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	the hare		the alligators		then		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent alligator=Recipient
2	finish	past · perfect · passive		the alligators				thing nsubj	tree rules
3	paint	gerund		alligators's children					vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent child=Theme
4	want	past	the hare not said here						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
5	go not said to happen	to-infinitive	the hare not said here					home property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	tell speech: assert	past	thing		alligators = alligator				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic
7	not go	must	alligators = alligator			the house			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into house=Initial_Location
8	go	past · perfect	thing						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	do	past	alligators = alligator						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
10	break	would · passive		thing's ju ju					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
11	spoil	would · passive		all painting					tree rules

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, Xxii.--a Story of the Great Famine., sentence 38

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Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxii.--a Story of the Great Famine., sentence 38