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Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover., sentence 31

Ode thought the advice good, and returned to Okuni with the two sticks Ekum had given him; these he gave to his father-in-law, telling him what had happened, and at the same time asking him to try to get Edidor back for him.

Who acts: Ode, two sticks, these · What happens: think, return, give, tell, happen, ask · To what, where: advice, Okuni, Ekum, Ode, father, Edidor · 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, two sticks, these), 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

nsubjdetobjamodpunctccconjcaseoblcasedetnummodoblnsubj:passauxacl:relcliobjpunctnsubjnsubjconjcasenmod:possiobjpunctcasepunctnmodpunctparataxisiobjnsubjauxccomppunctcccasedetamodobladvclobjmarkxcompmarkxcompobjadvmodcaseoblpunctrootOdePROPNthoughtVERBtheDETadviceNOUNgoodADJ,PUNCTandCCONJreturnedVERBtoADPOkuniPROPNwithADPtheDETtwoNUMsticksNOUNEkumPROPNhadAUXgivenVERBhimPRON;PUNCTthesePRONhePRONgaveVERBtoADPhisPRONfatherNOUN-PUNCTinADP-PUNCTlawNOUN,PUNCTtellingVERBhimPRONwhatPRONhadAUXhappenedVERB,PUNCTandCCONJatADPtheDETsameADJtimeNOUNaskingVERBhimPRONtoPARTtryVERBtoPARTgetVERBEdidorPROPNbackADVforADPhimPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OdeOdePROPNNumber=Sing2 thoughtnsubj
2thoughtthinkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 advicedet
4adviceadviceNOUNNumber=Sing2 thoughtobj
5goodgoodADJDegree=Pos4 adviceamod
6,,PUNCT_8 returnedpunct
7andandCCONJ_8 returnedcc
8returnedreturnVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 thoughtconj
9totoADP_10 Okunicase
10OkuniOkuniPROPNNumber=Sing8 returnedobl
11withwithADP_14 stickscase
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 sticksdet
13twotwoNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card14 sticksnummod
14sticksstickNOUNNumber=Plur8 returnedobl
15EkumEkumPROPNNumber=Sing17 givennsubj:pass
16hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin17 givenaux
17givengiveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass14 sticksacl:relcl
18himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs17 giveniobj
19;;PUNCT_22 gavepunct
20thesethisPRONNumber=Plur PronType=Dem22 gavensubj
21hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs22 gavensubj
22gavegiveVERBMood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 thoughtconj
23totoADP_25 fathercase
24hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs25 fathernmod:poss
25fatherfatherNOUNNumber=Sing22 gaveiobj
26--PUNCT_29 lawpunct
27ininADP_29 lawcase
28--PUNCT_27 inpunct
29lawlawNOUNNumber=Sing25 fathernmod
30,,PUNCT_31 tellingpunct
31tellingtellVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part22 gaveparataxis
32himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs31 tellingiobj
33whatwhatPRONPronType=Int35 happenednsubj
34hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin35 happenedaux
35happenedhappenVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part31 tellingccomp
36,,PUNCT_42 askingpunct
37andandCCONJ_42 askingcc
38atatADP_41 timecase
39thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art41 timedet
40samesameADJDegree=Pos41 timeamod
41timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing42 askingobl
42askingaskVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part22 gaveadvcl
43himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs42 askingobj
44totoPART_45 trymark
45trytryVERBVerbForm=Inf42 askingxcomp
46totoPART_47 getmark
47getgetVERBVerbForm=Inf45 tryxcomp
48EdidorEdidorPROPNNumber=Sing47 getobj
49backbackADV_47 getadvmod
50forforADP_51 himcase
51himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs47 getobl
52..PUNCT_2 thoughtpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1think speech: otherpastOdethe advicevn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot advice=Theme
2returnpastOde not said hereOkuniwith the two sticksvn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to okuni=Result
3givepast · perfect · passivethe two sticks not said hereEkumOdevn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient he=Theme
4givepasttheseOde's father in lawOde nsubjvn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Theme
5tell speech: assertgerundOdevn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
6happenpast · perfectwhat nsubjvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7ask speech: askgerundthese not said hereOdetimevn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
8try not said to happento-infinitivethese not said herevn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
9get back not said to happento-infinitivethese not said hereEdidorfor Odevn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent edidor=Theme for he=Beneficiary

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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