Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover., sentence 45
During the night Ekum asked Edidor to marry him properly, but she asked him to wait for a time until she knew all his ways and habits, and she promised she would then marry him.
Who acts: Ekum, Edidor · What happens: ask, marry, wait, know, promise · To what, where: Edidor, Ekum, ways · 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 (Ekum, Edidor), 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 | During | during | ADP | _ | 3 night | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 night | det |
| 3 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 asked | obl |
| 4 | Ekum | Ekum | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 asked | nsubj |
| 5 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | Edidor | Edidor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 asked | iobj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 marry | mark |
| 8 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 asked | xcomp |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 marry | obj |
| 10 | properly | properly | ADV | _ | 8 marry | advmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 asked | punct |
| 12 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 14 asked | cc |
| 13 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 asked | nsubj |
| 14 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 asked | conj |
| 15 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 asked | iobj |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 wait | mark |
| 17 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 asked | xcomp |
| 18 | for | for | ADP | _ | 20 time | case |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 time | det |
| 20 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 wait | obl |
| 21 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 23 knew | mark |
| 22 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 knew | nsubj |
| 23 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 wait | advcl |
| 24 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 26 ways | det:predet |
| 25 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 ways | nmod:poss |
| 26 | ways | way | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 knew | obl |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 habits | cc |
| 28 | habits | habit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 ways | conj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 promised | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 promised | cc |
| 31 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 promised | nsubj |
| 32 | promised | promise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 asked | conj |
| 33 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 marry | nsubj |
| 34 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 36 marry | aux |
| 35 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 36 marry | advmod |
| 36 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 promised | ccomp |
| 37 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 marry | obj |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 asked | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | past | Ekum | Edidor | night | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent edidor=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 2 | marry not said to happen | to-infinitive | Ekum not said here | Ekum | properly property | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | |||
| 3 | ask speech: ask | past | Edidor | Ekum | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | wait not said to happen | to-infinitive | Edidor not said here | time | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | know | past | Edidor | Ekum's ways and habits | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 6 | promise speech: promise | past | Edidor | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 7 | marry | would | Edidor | Ekum | then | 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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