Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover., sentence 81
The ju-ju man then made the tombo and put a ju-ju into it, and the chief, having given him a big present, took the tombo to his house, and sent word to Obim that he wished to speak to her.
Who acts: ju man, chief · What happens: make, put, have, give, take, send · To what, where: tombo, ju ju, big present, house, word, Obim · 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 (ju man, chief), 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 | 5 man | det |
| 2 | ju | ju | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ju | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 ju | punct |
| 4 | ju | ju | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 man | compound |
| 5 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 made | nsubj |
| 6 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 made | advmod |
| 7 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 tombo | det |
| 9 | tombo | tombo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 made | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 put | cc |
| 11 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 made | conj |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 ju | det |
| 13 | ju | ju | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 ju | compound |
| 14 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 13 ju | punct |
| 15 | ju | ju | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 put | obj |
| 16 | into | into | ADP | _ | 17 it | case |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 put | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 chief | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 chief | cc |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 chief | det |
| 21 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 made | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 having | punct |
| 23 | having | have | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 made | advcl |
| 24 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 him | case |
| 25 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 having | obl |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 present | det |
| 27 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 present | amod |
| 28 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 having | obj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 took | punct |
| 30 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 made | parataxis |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 tombo | det |
| 32 | tombo | tombo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 took | obj |
| 33 | to | to | ADP | _ | 35 house | case |
| 34 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 house | nmod:poss |
| 35 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 took | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 sent | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 sent | cc |
| 38 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 took | conj |
| 39 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 sent | obj |
| 40 | to | to | ADP | _ | 41 Obim | case |
| 41 | Obim | Obim | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 sent | obl |
| 42 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 44 wished | mark |
| 43 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 wished | nsubj |
| 44 | wished | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 sent | advcl |
| 45 | to | to | PART | _ | 46 speak | mark |
| 46 | speak | speak | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 44 wished | xcomp |
| 47 | to | to | ADP | _ | 48 her | case |
| 48 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 speak | obl |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 made | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | the ju man | the tombo | then | the chief obl | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tombo=Product | ||
| 2 | put | infinitive | the ju man not said here | a ju ju | tombo | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent ju=Goal | |||
| 3 | have | gerund | the ju man not said here | a big present | give chief | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent present=Patient | |||
| 4 | give | participle | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 5 | take | past | the tombo | chief's house | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tombo=Theme to house=Destination | ||||
| 6 | send | past | word | Obim | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent word=Theme to obim=Destination | ||||
| 7 | wish | past | chief | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 8 | speak speech: other not said to happen | to-infinitive | chief not said here | OBIM | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to she=Co-Agent |
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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