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Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxii.--a Story of the Great Famine., sentence 46

When the hare heard the alligator shouting and waving from the bank, he attracted the iguana’s attention and made him understand that the alligator was so pleased at the good work he had done that he wished the iguana to row faster, so he paddled harder than before.

Who acts: hare, alligator, iguana · What happens: hear, shout, wave, attract, make, understand · To what, where: alligator, bank, attention, iguana, good work

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, alligator, iguana), 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

advmoddetnsubjadvcldetobjaclccconjcasedetoblpunctnsubjdetnmod:posscaseobjccconjobjxcompmarkdetnsubjcopadvmodccompcasedetamodoblnsubjauxacl:relclmarknsubjadvcldetobjmarkacladvmodpunctadvmodnsubjconjadvmodcaseoblpunctrootWhenADVtheDEThareNOUNheardVERBtheDETalligatorNOUNshoutingVERBandCCONJwavingVERBfromADPtheDETbankNOUN,PUNCThePRONattractedVERBtheDETiguanaNOUN’sPARTattentionNOUNandCCONJmadeVERBhimPRONunderstandVERBthatSCONJtheDETalligatorNOUNwasAUXsoADVpleasedADJatADPtheDETgoodADJworkNOUNhePRONhadAUXdoneVERBthatSCONJhePRONwishedVERBtheDETiguanaNOUNtoPARTrowVERBfasterADV,PUNCTsoADVhePRONpaddledVERBharderADVthanADPbeforeADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhenwhenADVPronType=Int4 heardadvmod
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 haredet
3harehareNOUNNumber=Sing4 heardnsubj
4heardhearVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin15 attractedadvcl
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 alligatordet
6alligatoralligatorNOUNNumber=Sing4 heardobj
7shoutingshoutVERBVerbForm=Ger6 alligatoracl
8andandCCONJ_9 wavingcc
9wavingwaveVERBVerbForm=Ger7 shoutingconj
10fromfromADP_12 bankcase
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 bankdet
12bankbankNOUNNumber=Sing9 wavingobl
13,,PUNCT_4 heardpunct
14hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs15 attractednsubj
15attractedattractVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art17 iguanadet
17iguanaiguanaNOUNNumber=Sing19 attentionnmod:poss
18’s'sPART_17 iguanacase
19attentionattentionNOUNNumber=Sing15 attractedobj
20andandCCONJ_21 madecc
21mademakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin15 attractedconj
22himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs21 madeobj
23understandunderstandVERBVerbForm=Inf21 madexcomp
24thatthatSCONJ_29 pleasedmark
25thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art26 alligatordet
26alligatoralligatorNOUNNumber=Sing29 pleasednsubj
27wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin29 pleasedcop
28sosoADV_29 pleasedadvmod
29pleasedpleasedADJDegree=Pos23 understandccomp
30atatADP_33 workcase
31thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art33 workdet
32goodgoodADJDegree=Pos33 workamod
33workworkNOUNNumber=Sing29 pleasedobl
34hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs36 donensubj
35hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin36 doneaux
36donedoVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part33 workacl:relcl
37thatthatSCONJ_39 wishedmark
38hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs39 wishednsubj
39wishedwishVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin36 doneadvcl
40thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art41 iguanadet
41iguanaiguanaNOUNNumber=Sing39 wishedobj
42totoPART_43 rowmark
43rowrowVERBVerbForm=Inf41 iguanaacl
44fasterfastADVDegree=Cmp43 rowadvmod
45,,PUNCT_48 paddledpunct
46sosoADV_48 paddledadvmod
47hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs48 paddlednsubj
48paddledpaddleVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin15 attractedconj
49harderhardADVDegree=Cmp48 paddledadvmod
50thanthanADP_51 beforecase
51beforebeforeADV_49 harderobl
52..PUNCT_15 attractedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1hearpastthe harethe alligatorvn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer alligator=Stimulus
2shout speech: expressgerundthe alligator not said herevn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3wavegerundthe alligator not said herethe bankvn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4attractpastiguanathe iguana's attentionvn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Patient
5makepastiguana not said hereiguanatree rules
6understandinfinitiveiguana not said herevn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
7ispastthe alligatorthe good workpleased propertytree rules
8dopast · perfectiguanathe good work not said herevn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality
9wishpastiguanathe iguanavn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot iguana=Theme
10rowto-infinitiveiguana not said herethe iguana not said herefast propertyvn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
11paddlepastiguanahard propertyvn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
12attendthe iguananom attention «cognition intransitive»: 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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