Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover., sentence 38
Edidor then lived with Ode for a month, until the ju-ju man, finding she did not return to him, made another strong ju-ju, which at once made Edidor want to go back to him at Inde.
Who acts: Edidor, strong ju ju · What happens: live, find, not return, make, want, go back · To what, where: ju ju man, Ode, strong ju ju, Inde · 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, strong ju ju), 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 | Edidor | Edidor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 lived | nsubj |
| 2 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 lived | advmod |
| 3 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 Ode | case |
| 5 | Ode | Ode | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 lived | obl |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 month | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 month | det |
| 8 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lived | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 man | punct |
| 10 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 15 man | mark |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 man | det |
| 12 | ju | ju | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 man | compound |
| 13 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 12 ju | punct |
| 14 | ju | ju | X | _ | 15 man | compound |
| 15 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lived | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 finding | punct |
| 17 | finding | find | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 lived | advcl |
| 18 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 return | nsubj |
| 19 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 return | aux |
| 20 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 21 return | advmod |
| 21 | return | return | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 finding | ccomp |
| 22 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 him | case |
| 23 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 return | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 made | punct |
| 25 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 lived | conj |
| 26 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 30 ju | det |
| 27 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 ju | amod |
| 28 | ju | ju | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 ju | compound |
| 29 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 28 ju | punct |
| 30 | ju | ju | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 made | obj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 made | punct |
| 32 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 35 made | obj |
| 33 | at | at | ADP | _ | 34 once | case |
| 34 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 35 made | obl |
| 35 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 ju | acl:relcl |
| 36 | Edidor | Edidor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 made | obj |
| 37 | want | want | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 35 made | xcomp |
| 38 | to | to | PART | _ | 39 go | mark |
| 39 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 want | xcomp |
| 40 | back | back | ADV | _ | 39 go | advmod |
| 41 | to | to | ADP | _ | 42 him | case |
| 42 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 go | obl |
| 43 | at | at | ADP | _ | 44 Inde | case |
| 44 | Inde | Inde | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 go | obl |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 lived | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | past | Edidor | the ju ju man | then; month | with Ode | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with ode=Location | ||
| 2 | find | gerund | Edidor not said here | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | not return | past · do-support | Edidor | Ode | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to he=Result | ||||
| 4 | make | past | Edidor not said here | another strong ju ju | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset ju=Product | ||||
| 5 | make | past | another strong ju ju | Edidor obj | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | want | infinitive | another strong ju ju not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 7 | go back not said to happen | to-infinitive | another strong ju ju not said here | Ode | Inde | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to he=Result |
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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