Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover., sentence 35
The ju-ju man also had taken a fancy to her, and when he found that Edidor’s father had been trying to persuade his daughter to return to her husband, he put some ju-ju into her food which made her take an intense dislike to her husband.
Who acts: ju man, Ode, father, daughter, food, Edidor · What happens: take, find, try, persuade, return, put · To what, where: fancy, Edidor, daughter, ju ju, food, intense dislike · 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 (ju man, Ode, father, daughter), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 man | det |
| 2 | ju | ju | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ju | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 ju | punct |
| 4 | ju | ju | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 man | compound |
| 5 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 taken | nsubj |
| 6 | also | also | ADV | _ | 8 taken | advmod |
| 7 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 taken | aux |
| 8 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 fancy | det |
| 10 | fancy | fancy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 taken | obj |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 her | case |
| 12 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 fancy | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 put | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 put | cc |
| 15 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 17 found | advmod |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 found | nsubj |
| 17 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 put | advcl |
| 18 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 24 trying | mark |
| 19 | Edidor | Edidor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 father | nmod:poss |
| 20 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 19 Edidor | case |
| 21 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 trying | nsubj |
| 22 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 trying | aux |
| 23 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 24 trying | aux |
| 24 | trying | try | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 17 found | ccomp |
| 25 | to | to | PART | _ | 26 persuade | mark |
| 26 | persuade | persuade | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 trying | xcomp |
| 27 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 28 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 persuade | obj |
| 29 | to | to | PART | _ | 30 return | mark |
| 30 | return | return | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 persuade | xcomp |
| 31 | to | to | ADP | _ | 33 husband | case |
| 32 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 husband | nmod:poss |
| 33 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 return | obl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 found | punct |
| 35 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 put | nsubj |
| 36 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 taken | conj |
| 37 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 40 ju | det |
| 38 | ju | ju | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 ju | compound |
| 39 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 38 ju | punct |
| 40 | ju | ju | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 put | obj |
| 41 | into | into | ADP | _ | 43 food | case |
| 42 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 food | nmod:poss |
| 43 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 put | obl |
| 44 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 45 made | nsubj |
| 45 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 food | acl:relcl |
| 46 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 made | obj |
| 47 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 45 made | xcomp |
| 48 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 50 dislike | det |
| 49 | intense | intense | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 dislike | amod |
| 50 | dislike | dislike | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 take | obj |
| 51 | to | to | ADP | _ | 53 husband | case |
| 52 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 53 husband | nmod:poss |
| 53 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 take | obl |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 taken | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past · perfect | the ju man | a fancy | Edidor | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent fancy=Theme to she=Destination | |||
| 2 | find | past | Ode | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | try | past · perfect · progressive | Edidor's father | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | persuade not said to happen | to-infinitive | Edidor's father not said here | Ode's daughter | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient clause=Result | ||||
| 5 | return | to-infinitive | Ode's daughter not said here | to Edidor's husband result | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to husband=Result | ||||
| 6 | put | past | Ode | some ju ju | Edidor's food | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent ju=Goal | |||
| 7 | make | past | Edidor's food | Edidor | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | take | infinitive | Edidor not said here | a intense dislike | Edidor's husband | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent dislike=Theme to husband=Destination |
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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