Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover., sentence 28

Ekum did not at first reply, but gave Ode one sharp stick and one blunt stick, and after a time said, “Touch your body with the sharp stick and also with the blunted one; if you feel any pain with the sharp stick, go home at once and do not bother me any more; if you do not feel any pain, come to me to-morrow morning and ask me any questions you like concerning your wife.”

Who acts: Ekum, you · What happens: not do, give, say, touch, blunt, feel · To what, where: first reply, one sharp stick, Ode, body, pain, me · 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 (Ekum, you), 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	Ekum	Ekum	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	50 go	advcl
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 did	advmod
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 reply	case
5	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 reply	amod
6	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 gave	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 gave	cc
9	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 did	parataxis
10	Ode	Ode	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 gave	iobj
11	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 stick	nummod
12	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 stick	amod
13	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gave	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 stick	cc
15	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 stick	nummod
16	blunt	blunt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 stick	amod
17	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 stick	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 said	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 said	cc
20	after	after	ADP	_	22 time	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 time	det
22	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 said	obl
23	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 gave	conj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 Touch	punct
25	“	"	PUNCT	_	26 Touch	punct
26	Touch	touch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	23 said	ccomp
27	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 body	nmod:poss
28	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 Touch	obj
29	with	with	ADP	_	32 stick	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 stick	det
31	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 stick	amod
32	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 Touch	obl
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 one	cc
34	also	also	ADV	_	38 one	advmod
35	with	with	ADP	_	38 one	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 one	det
37	blunted	blunt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	38 one	amod
38	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 stick	conj
39	;	;	PUNCT	_	50 go	punct
40	if	if	SCONJ	_	42 feel	mark
41	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	42 feel	nsubj
42	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	50 go	advcl
43	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	44 pain	det
44	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 feel	obj
45	with	with	ADP	_	48 stick	case
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 stick	det
47	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 stick	amod
48	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 feel	obl
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 feel	punct
50	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
51	home	home	ADV	_	50 go	advmod
52	at	at	ADP	_	53 once	case
53	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	50 go	obl
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 bother	cc
55	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	57 bother	aux
56	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	57 bother	advmod
57	bother	bother	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	50 go	conj
58	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	57 bother	obj
59	any	any	ADV	_	60 more	advmod
60	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	57 bother	advmod
61	;	;	PUNCT	_	66 feel	punct
62	if	if	SCONJ	_	66 feel	mark
63	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	66 feel	nsubj
64	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	66 feel	aux
65	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	66 feel	advmod
66	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	50 go	parataxis
67	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	68 pain	det
68	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 feel	obj
69	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 come	punct
70	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	66 feel	conj
71	to	to	ADP	_	72 me	case
72	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	70 come	obl
73	to	to	ADP	_	76 morning	case
74	-	-	PUNCT	_	73 to	punct
75	morrow	morrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	76 morning	compound
76	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 come	obl
77	and	and	CCONJ	_	78 ask	cc
78	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	66 feel	conj
79	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	78 ask	iobj
80	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	81 questions	det
81	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	78 ask	obj
82	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	83 like	nsubj
83	like	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	81 questions	acl:relcl
84	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	83 like	xcomp
85	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	86 wife	nmod:poss
86	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	84 concerning	obj
87	.	.	PUNCT	_	78 ask	punct
88	”	"	PUNCT	_	66 feel	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not do	past	Ekum			first reply			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	give	past		one sharp stick and one blunt stick	Ode				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent ode=Recipient stick=Theme
3	say speech: assert	past					time		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	touch in a quote	infinitive		your body				with the sharp stick and the blunted one	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent body=Experiencer with stick=Instrument
5	blunt in a quote	participle							vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
6	feel a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	you	any pain				with the sharp stick	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pain=Theme
7	go in a quote	imperative	you not said here					home property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at once=Location
8	not bother in a quote	infinitive · do-support	you not said here	me					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer
9	not feel a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present · do-support	you	any pain					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pain=Theme
10	come in a quote	infinitive	you not said here		me		morning		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to i=Initial_Location
11	ask speech: ask in a quote	infinitive	you not said here	any questions	me				tree rules
12	like in a quote	present	you	any questions not said here					tree rules
13	concern not said to happen, in a quote	gerund	you not said here	your wife					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus wife=Experiencer

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 28