Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover., sentence 15

Not knowing what this omen might mean, he stopped at Okanja, which is only a little way lower down the river on the same side as Okuni, and went to see a friend of his who was known to be clever at reading signs, and told him that the kingfisher had made a noise on his right-hand as he was going down the river.

Who acts: Ode, omen, Okanja · What happens: not know, mean, stop, be, go, see · To what, where: Okanja, little way, friend, reading signs, Ode, kingfisher · 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, omen, Okanja), 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	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 knowing	advmod
2	knowing	know	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 stopped	advcl
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 mean	obj
4	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 omen	det
5	omen	omen	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mean	nsubj
6	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 mean	aux
7	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 knowing	ccomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 knowing	punct
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 stopped	nsubj
10	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 Okanja	case
12	Okanja	Okanja	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 stopped	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 way	punct
14	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 way	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 way	cop
16	only	only	ADV	_	19 way	advmod
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 way	det
18	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 way	amod
19	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 Okanja	appos
20	lower	low	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	19 way	amod
21	down	down	ADP	_	23 river	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 river	det
23	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 lower	obl
24	on	on	ADP	_	27 side	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 side	det
26	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 side	amod
27	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 river	nmod
28	as	as	ADP	_	29 Okuni	case
29	Okuni	Okuni	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 side	nmod
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 went	punct
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 went	cc
32	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 stopped	conj
33	to	to	PART	_	34 see	mark
34	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	32 went	xcomp
35	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	36 friend	det
36	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 see	obj
37	of	of	ADP	_	38 his	case
38	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	36 friend	acl:relcl
39	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	41 known	nsubj:pass
40	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 known	aux:pass
41	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	38 his	parataxis
42	to	to	PART	_	44 clever	mark
43	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	44 clever	cop
44	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 known	xcomp
45	at	at	ADP	_	47 signs	case
46	reading	reading	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 signs	compound
47	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 clever	obl
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 told	punct
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	50 told	cc
50	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 stopped	conj
51	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 told	iobj
52	that	that	SCONJ	_	56 made	mark
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 kingfisher	det
54	kingfisher	kingfisher	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 made	nsubj:pass
55	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 made	aux
56	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	50 told	ccomp
57	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	58 noise	det
58	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 made	obj
59	on	on	ADP	_	63 hand	case
60	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	63 hand	nmod:poss
61	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	63 hand	amod
62	-	-	PUNCT	_	61 right	punct
63	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 made	obl
64	as	as	SCONJ	_	67 going	mark
65	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	67 going	nsubj
66	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	67 going	aux
67	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	56 made	advcl
68	down	down	ADP	_	70 river	case
69	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	70 river	det
70	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 going	obl
71	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 stopped	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	not know	gerund	Ode not said here					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	mean	might	this omen				what obj	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic
3	stop	past	Ode			Okanja		vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at okanja=Location
4	is a	present	Okanja	a little way				tree rules
5	go	past	Ode not said here					vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6	see	to-infinitive	Ode not said here	a friend of Ode				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer friend=Stimulus
7	know	past · passive					who nsubj:pass	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus
8	is	to-infinitive				reading signs	clever property	tree rules
9	tell speech: assert	past	Ode not said here		Ode			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
10	make	past · perfect · passive		the kingfisher		Ode's right hand	a noise obj	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary noise=Product
11	go down	past · progressive	Ode	the river				vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient river=Extent

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 15

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Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover., sentence 15