Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover., sentence 47
This made Edidor afraid, but she dare not leave Ekum altogether, as he might get the lightning to kill her or cause his ju-ju to catch her.
Who acts: This, Edidor, Ekum, lightning · What happens: make, not dare, not leave, get, kill, cause · To what, where: Edidor, Ekum, lightning, ju ju
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 (This, Edidor, Ekum, lightning), 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 | This | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 made | nsubj |
| 2 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Edidor | Edidor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 made | obj |
| 4 | afraid | afraid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 made | xcomp |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 dare | punct |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 dare | cc |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 dare | nsubj |
| 8 | dare | dare | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 made | parataxis |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 dare | advmod |
| 10 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 dare | xcomp |
| 11 | Ekum | Ekum | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 leave | obj |
| 12 | altogether | altogether | ADV | _ | 10 leave | advmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 get | punct |
| 14 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 17 get | mark |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 get | nsubj |
| 16 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 get | aux |
| 17 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 dare | conj |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 lightning | det |
| 19 | lightning | lightning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 get | obj |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 kill | mark |
| 21 | kill | kill | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 get | xcomp |
| 22 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 kill | obj |
| 23 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 24 cause | cc |
| 24 | cause | cause | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 kill | conj |
| 25 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 ju | nmod:poss |
| 26 | ju | ju | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 ju | compound |
| 27 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 26 ju | punct |
| 28 | ju | ju | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 cause | obj |
| 29 | to | to | PART | _ | 30 catch | mark |
| 30 | catch | catch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 cause | advcl |
| 31 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 catch | obj |
| 32 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 made | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | This | Edidor | afraid property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset edidor=Product | |||
| 2 | not dare | infinitive | Edidor | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | not leave | infinitive | Edidor not said here | Ekum | altogether property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ekum=Theme | |||
| 4 | get | might | Ekum | the lightning | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | kill | to-infinitive | the lightning not said here | Edidor | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ||||
| 6 | cause | infinitive | the lightning not said here | Ekum's ju ju | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition ju=Patient | ||||
| 7 | catch | to-infinitive | the lightning not said here | Edidor | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
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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