Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover., sentence 36
When Edidor’s heart had turned and she found that she hated Ode, Ekum made some strong poison, which he gave to Edidor and told her to put it in her husband’s food, and that when he was dead she should return and marry him.
Who acts: Edidor, Ekum, strong poison, Ode · What happens: turn, find, hate, make, give, tell · To what, where: heart, Ode, strong poison, Edidor, poison, food · 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 (Edidor, Ekum, strong poison, Ode), 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 | _ | 6 turned | mark |
| 2 | Edidor | Edidor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 heart | nmod:poss |
| 3 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 2 Edidor | case |
| 4 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 turned | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 turned | aux |
| 6 | turned | turn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 made | advcl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 found | cc |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 found | nsubj |
| 9 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 turned | conj |
| 10 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 12 hated | mark |
| 11 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 hated | nsubj |
| 12 | hated | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 found | ccomp |
| 13 | Ode | Ode | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 hated | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 turned | punct |
| 15 | Ekum | Ekum | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 made | nsubj |
| 16 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 17 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 19 poison | det |
| 18 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 poison | amod |
| 19 | poison | poison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 made | obj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 gave | punct |
| 21 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 gave | nsubj |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 gave | nsubj |
| 23 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 poison | acl:relcl |
| 24 | to | to | ADP | _ | 25 Edidor | case |
| 25 | Edidor | Edidor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 gave | obl |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 told | cc |
| 27 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 gave | conj |
| 28 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 told | iobj |
| 29 | to | to | PART | _ | 30 put | mark |
| 30 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 told | xcomp |
| 31 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 put | obj |
| 32 | in | in | ADP | _ | 36 food | case |
| 33 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 husband | nmod:poss |
| 34 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 food | nmod:poss |
| 35 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 34 husband | case |
| 36 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 put | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 return | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 return | cc |
| 39 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 43 dead | mark |
| 40 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 43 dead | advmod |
| 41 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 dead | nsubj |
| 42 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 dead | cop |
| 43 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 return | advcl |
| 44 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 return | nsubj |
| 45 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 46 return | aux |
| 46 | return | return | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 made | parataxis |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 marry | cc |
| 48 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 46 return | conj |
| 49 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 marry | obj |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 made | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | past · perfect · passive | Edidor's heart | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | find | past | Edidor | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | hate | past | Edidor | Ode | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ode=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | make | past | Ekum | some strong poison | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poison=Product | ||||
| 5 | give | past | some strong poison | Edidor | Ode nsubj | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to edidor=Recipient | |||
| 6 | tell speech: assert | past | some strong poison not said here | Edidor | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 7 | put not said to happen | to-infinitive | some strong poison not said here | poison | Edidor's husband's food | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in food=Destination | |||
| 8 | is | past | Ode | dead property | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | return | should | Edidor | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 10 | marry | infinitive | Edidor not said here | Ode | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
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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