Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover., sentence 37
The next day Edidor started off for Okuni, taking the poison with her, and intending to kill her husband on the first opportunity, but when she reached the house Ode produced their three children and talked to her very kindly until her heart was cold.
Who acts: Edidor, heart · What happens: start off, take, intend, kill, reach, produce · To what, where: poison, husband, first opportunity, house, three children, Edidor
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, heart), 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 | 3 day | det |
| 2 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 day | amod |
| 3 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 started | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | Edidor | Edidor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 started | nsubj |
| 5 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 started | compound:prt |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 Okuni | case |
| 8 | Okuni | Okuni | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 started | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 taking | punct |
| 10 | taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 started | advcl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 poison | det |
| 12 | poison | poison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 taking | obj |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 her | case |
| 14 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 taking | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 intending | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 intending | cc |
| 17 | intending | intend | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 taking | conj |
| 18 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 kill | mark |
| 19 | kill | kill | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 intending | xcomp |
| 20 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 husband | nmod:poss |
| 21 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 kill | obj |
| 22 | on | on | ADP | _ | 25 opportunity | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 opportunity | det |
| 24 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 25 opportunity | amod |
| 25 | opportunity | opportunity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 kill | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 produced | punct |
| 27 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 34 produced | cc |
| 28 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 30 reached | mark |
| 29 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 reached | nsubj |
| 30 | reached | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 produced | advcl |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 house | det |
| 32 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 reached | obj |
| 33 | Ode | Ode | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 house | appos |
| 34 | produced | produce | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 started | parataxis |
| 35 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 children | nmod:poss |
| 36 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 37 children | nummod |
| 37 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 produced | obj |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 talked | cc |
| 39 | talked | talk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 produced | conj |
| 40 | to | to | ADP | _ | 41 her | case |
| 41 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 talked | obl |
| 42 | very | very | ADV | _ | 43 kindly | advmod |
| 43 | kindly | kindly | ADV | _ | 39 talked | advmod |
| 44 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 48 cold | mark |
| 45 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 heart | nmod:poss |
| 46 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 cold | nsubj |
| 47 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 48 cold | cop |
| 48 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 talked | advcl |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 started | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start off | past | Edidor | day | for Okuni | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | take | gerund | Edidor not said here | the poison | with Edidor | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poison=Theme | |||
| 3 | intend | gerund | Edidor not said here | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | kill not said to happen | to-infinitive | Edidor not said here | Edidor's husband | the first opportunity | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Theme | |||
| 5 | reach | past | Edidor | the house | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent house=Theme | ||||
| 6 | produce | past | men's three children | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Result | |||||
| 7 | talk | past | Edidor | kindly property | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to she=Co-Agent | ||||
| 8 | is | past | Edidor's heart | cold property | tree rules |
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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