Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover., sentence 10

He therefore sent a message secretly to Edidor informing her that her husband was going to look for her, and advising her to try and kill him, so that the children would become his property, as he knew his daughter would not want to look after them.

Who acts: Ode, husband, Edidor, children, daughter · What happens: send, inform, go, look, advise, try · To what, where: message, Edidor, Ode, property · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria» by Elphinstone Dayrell, Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ode, husband, Edidor, children), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sent	nsubj
2	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	3 sent	advmod
3	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 message	det
5	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obj
6	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	3 sent	advmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 Edidor	case
8	Edidor	Edidor	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl
9	informing	inform	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 sent	advcl
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 informing	obj
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 going	mark
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 husband	nmod:poss
13	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 going	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 going	aux
15	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 informing	advcl
16	to	to	PART	_	17 look	mark
17	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 going	xcomp
18	for	for	ADP	_	19 her	case
19	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 look	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 advising	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 advising	cc
22	advising	advise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 sent	advcl
23	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 advising	obj
24	to	to	PART	_	25 try	mark
25	try	try	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 advising	xcomp
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 kill	cc
27	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 try	conj
28	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 kill	obj
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 become	punct
30	so	so	SCONJ	_	35 become	mark
31	that	that	SCONJ	_	35 become	mark
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 children	det
33	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 become	nsubj
34	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	35 become	aux
35	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 try	parataxis
36	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	37 property	nmod:poss
37	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 become	xcomp
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 knew	punct
39	as	as	SCONJ	_	41 knew	mark
40	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 knew	nsubj
41	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 become	parataxis
42	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	43 daughter	nmod:poss
43	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 want	nsubj
44	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	46 want	aux
45	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	46 want	advmod
46	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	41 knew	ccomp
47	to	to	PART	_	48 look	mark
48	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	46 want	xcomp
49	after	after	ADP	_	50 them	case
50	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 look	obl
51	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sent	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	Ode	a message	Edidor		secretly, therefore property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent message=Theme to edidor=Destination
2	inform speech: other	gerund	Ode not said here		Edidor			vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
3	go	past · progressive	Edidor's husband					vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	look	to-infinitive	Edidor's husband not said here				for Edidor	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for she=Theme
5	advise speech: other	gerund	Ode not said here	Edidor				vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
6	try not said to happen	to-infinitive	Edidor not said here					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
7	kill	infinitive	Edidor not said here	Ode				vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
8	become	would	the children	Ode's property				vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
9	know	past	Ode					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
10	not want	would	Ode's daughter					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
11	look not said to happen	to-infinitive	Ode's daughter not said here			after children = child		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

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, Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover., sentence 10

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Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover., sentence 10