Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover., sentence 118

When ’Nyambi arrived he did not go inside the house, but stood a few paces from the door, as he thought that Oga might try to do him some injury; but the chief said he did not intend to hurt him and that he might safely come inside.

Who acts: Nyambi, Oga, chief · What happens: arrive, not go, stand, think, try, do · To what, where: house, few paces, door, NYAMBI, chief · 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 (Nyambi, Oga, chief), 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	When	when	SCONJ	_	4 arrived	mark
2	’	'	PUNCT	_	1 When	punct
3	Nyambi	Nyambi	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 arrived	nsubj
4	arrived	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 said	advcl
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 go	nsubj
6	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 go	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 go	advmod
8	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 arrived	ccomp
9	inside	inside	ADP	_	11 house	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 house	det
11	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 go	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 stood	punct
13	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 stood	cc
14	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 arrived	conj
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 paces	det
16	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 paces	amod
17	paces	pace	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 stood	obj
18	from	from	ADP	_	20 door	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 door	det
20	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 paces	nmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 thought	punct
22	as	as	SCONJ	_	24 thought	mark
23	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 thought	nsubj
24	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 stood	conj
25	that	that	SCONJ	_	28 try	mark
26	Oga	Oga	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 try	nsubj
27	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	28 try	aux
28	try	try	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 thought	ccomp
29	to	to	PART	_	30 do	mark
30	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	28 try	xcomp
31	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 do	obj
32	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	33 injury	det
33	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 do	obj
34	;	;	PUNCT	_	38 said	punct
35	but	but	CCONJ	_	38 said	cc
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 chief	det
37	chief	chief	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 said	nsubj
38	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
39	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 intend	nsubj
40	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 intend	aux
41	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	42 intend	advmod
42	intend	intend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	38 said	ccomp
43	to	to	PART	_	44 hurt	mark
44	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	42 intend	xcomp
45	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 hurt	obj
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	51 come	cc
47	that	that	SCONJ	_	51 come	mark
48	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 come	nsubj
49	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	51 come	aux
50	safely	safely	ADV	_	51 come	advmod
51	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	42 intend	conj
52	inside	inside	ADV	_	51 come	advmod
53	.	.	PUNCT	_	38 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	arrive	past	Nyambi				tree rules
2	not go	past · do-support	NYAMBI		the house		vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme inside house=Location
3	stand	past	Nyambi not said here	a few paces	the door		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pace=Stimulus
4	think speech: other	past	NYAMBI				vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
5	try	might	Oga				vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
6	do not said to happen	to-infinitive	Oga not said here	NYAMBI		some injury obj	tree rules
7	say speech: assert	past	the chief				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
8	not intend	past · do-support	chief				vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
9	hurt not said to happen	to-infinitive	chief not said here	chief			vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Patient
10	come	might	chief			inside, safely property	vn escape-51.1-1 «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 118