Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover., sentence 110

On hearing this, Chief Oga was very much frightened, as he was no match for ’Nyambi in strength; so he lay there for some time, thinking of his life, his wealth, and his wives, until at last he asked ’Nyambi what it was he wished to take from his body so that he might go.

Who acts: chief, it, NYAMBI · What happens: hear, frighten, be, lie, think, ask · To what, where: this, Chief, wives, last, body

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 (chief, it, NYAMBI), 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	On	on	SCONJ	_	2 hearing	mark
2	hearing	hear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 frightened	advcl
3	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 hearing	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 hearing	punct
5	Chief	Chief	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 frightened	nsubj:pass
6	Oga	Oga	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Chief	flat
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 frightened	aux:pass
8	very	very	ADV	_	9 much	advmod
9	much	much	ADV	_	10 frightened	advmod
10	frightened	frighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 match	punct
12	as	as	ADP	_	16 match	case
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 match	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 match	cop
15	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	16 match	det
16	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 frightened	obl
17	for	for	ADP	_	19 Nyambi	case
18	’	'	PUNCT	_	19 Nyambi	punct
19	Nyambi	Nyambi	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 match	nmod
20	in	in	ADP	_	21 strength	case
21	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 Nyambi	nmod
22	;	;	PUNCT	_	25 lay	punct
23	so	so	ADV	_	25 lay	advmod
24	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 lay	nsubj
25	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 frightened	parataxis
26	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	25 lay	advmod
27	for	for	ADP	_	29 time	case
28	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	29 time	det
29	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 lay	obl
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 thinking	punct
31	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	25 lay	advcl
32	of	of	ADP	_	34 life	case
33	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	34 life	nmod:poss
34	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 thinking	obl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 wealth	punct
36	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	37 wealth	nmod:poss
37	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 life	conj
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 wives	punct
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	41 wives	cc
40	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	41 wives	nmod:poss
41	wives	wife	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 lay	obl
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 asked	punct
43	until	until	SCONJ	_	47 asked	mark
44	at	at	ADP	_	45 last	case
45	last	last	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 asked	obl
46	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 asked	nsubj
47	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 lay	conj
48	’	'	PUNCT	_	49 Nyambi	punct
49	Nyambi	Nyambi	PROPN	Number=Sing	50 what	nsubj
50	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	47 asked	ccomp
51	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 wished	nsubj
52	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	54 wished	cop
53	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 wished	nsubj
54	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	50 what	acl:relcl
55	to	to	PART	_	56 take	mark
56	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	54 wished	xcomp
57	from	from	ADP	_	59 body	case
58	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	59 body	nmod:poss
59	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 take	obl
60	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	64 go	mark
61	that	that	SCONJ	_	60 so	fixed
62	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	64 go	nsubj
63	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	64 go	aux
64	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	56 take	advcl
65	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 frightened	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	gerund		this				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus
2	frighten	past · passive		Chief				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
3	is	past	chief				as no match; for Nyambi in strength	tree rules
4	lie	past	chief	NYAMBI's wives	there	time		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	think speech: other	gerund	chief not said here				of NYAMBI's life and NYAMBI's wealth	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	ask speech: ask	past	chief		last		what Nyambi ccomp	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	is	past	it				NYAMBI nsubj; wish property	tree rules
8	take not said to happen	to-infinitive			NYAMBI's body			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from body=Initial_Location
9	go	might	NYAMBI					vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 110

The tree

Pragmatics

Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover., sentence 110