Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover., sentence 68
So he went to her parents, and, having given them the usual presents, told them that he wished to marry their daughter Obim.
Who acts: NYAMBI · What happens: go, give, tell, wish, marry · To what, where: parents, presents, daughter · 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 (NYAMBI), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 3 went | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 went | nsubj |
| 3 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 parents | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 parents | nmod:poss |
| 6 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 went | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 given | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 given | cc |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 and | punct |
| 10 | having | have | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 given | aux |
| 11 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 went | parataxis |
| 12 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 given | obj |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 presents | det |
| 14 | usual | usual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 presents | amod |
| 15 | presents | present | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 given | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 told | punct |
| 17 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | conj |
| 18 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 told | iobj |
| 19 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 21 wished | mark |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 wished | nsubj |
| 21 | wished | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 told | ccomp |
| 22 | to | to | PART | _ | 23 marry | mark |
| 23 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 wished | xcomp |
| 24 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 25 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 marry | obj |
| 26 | Obim | Obim | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 daughter | appos |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | NYAMBI | to girl's parents | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to parent=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | give | gerund · perfect | parents = parent | the usual presents obj | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient present=Theme | ||||
| 3 | tell speech: assert | past | NYAMBI not said here | presents = present | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | wish | past | NYAMBI | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 5 | marry not said to happen | to-infinitive | NYAMBI not said here | presents's daughter | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=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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