Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover., sentence 9

The old man did not want Ode to get his daughter back, as he preferred her to walk about and go with different young men, as in that case he would receive numerous presents from them, whereas Ode, having paid his dowry, never gave him anything.

Who acts: old man, Ode · What happens: not want, get back, prefer, walk, go, receive · To what, where: Ode, daughter, Edidor, numerous presents, case, paid dowry

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 (old man, Ode), 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	3 man	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 want	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 want	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 want	advmod
6	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	Ode	Ode	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 want	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 get	mark
9	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 want	xcomp
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 daughter	nmod:poss
11	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 get	obj
12	back	back	ADV	_	9 get	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 preferred	punct
14	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 preferred	mark
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 preferred	nsubj
16	preferred	prefer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 want	parataxis
17	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 preferred	obj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 walk	mark
19	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 preferred	xcomp
20	about	about	ADV	_	19 walk	advmod
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 go	cc
22	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 walk	conj
23	with	with	ADP	_	26 men	case
24	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 men	amod
25	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 men	amod
26	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 go	obl
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 receive	punct
28	as	as	SCONJ	_	34 receive	mark
29	in	in	ADP	_	31 case	case
30	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	31 case	det
31	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 receive	obl
32	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 receive	nsubj
33	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	34 receive	aux
34	receive	receive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 walk	conj
35	numerous	numerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 presents	amod
36	presents	present	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 receive	obj
37	from	from	ADP	_	38 them	case
38	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 receive	obl
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 Ode	punct
40	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	41 Ode	case
41	Ode	Ode	PROPN	Number=Sing	34 receive	parataxis
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 having	punct
43	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 preferred	advcl
44	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	46 dowry	amod
45	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	46 dowry	nmod:poss
46	dowry	dowry	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 having	obj
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 gave	punct
48	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	49 gave	advmod
49	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 having	advcl
50	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 gave	iobj
51	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	49 gave	obj
52	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 want	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	not want	past · do-support	the old man	Ode				tree rules
2	get back not said to happen	to-infinitive	Ode not said here	Ode's daughter				vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer daughter=Stimulus
3	prefer	past	Ode	Edidor				tree rules
4	walk not said to happen	to-infinitive	Ode not said here				about property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	go	infinitive	Ode not said here				with different young men	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with man=Beneficiary
6	receive	would	Ode	numerous presents		that case	from men = man	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent present=Theme from they=Source
7	have	gerund	Ode not said here	Ode's paid dowry				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dowry=Patient
8	pay	participle						vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
9	not give	past	Ode not said here	anything	Ode			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient anything=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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🌲 Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover., sentence 9

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Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover., sentence 9