Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover., sentence 91
At last Obim became so annoyed at these repeated messages, that she told her husband what was going on between herself and Chief Oga, and advised him to revenge himself in his turn.
Who acts: last Obim, OBIM · What happens: become, repeat, tell, go on, advise · To what, where: husband, turn · 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 (last Obim, OBIM), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 3 Obim | case |
| 2 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 Obim | amod |
| 3 | Obim | Obim | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 became | nsubj |
| 4 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 annoyed | advmod |
| 6 | annoyed | annoyed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 became | xcomp |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 messages | case |
| 8 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 10 messages | det |
| 9 | repeated | repeat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 messages | amod |
| 10 | messages | message | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 annoyed | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 told | punct |
| 12 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 14 told | mark |
| 13 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 told | nsubj |
| 14 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 became | conj |
| 15 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 husband | nmod:poss |
| 16 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 told | iobj |
| 17 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 19 going | nsubj |
| 18 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 going | aux |
| 19 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 told | ccomp |
| 20 | on | on | ADP | _ | 19 going | compound:prt |
| 21 | between | between | ADP | _ | 22 herself | case |
| 22 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 19 going | obl |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 Chief | cc |
| 24 | Chief | Chief | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 herself | conj |
| 25 | Oga | Oga | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 Chief | flat |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 advised | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 advised | cc |
| 28 | advised | advise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 became | conj |
| 29 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 advised | obj |
| 30 | to | to | PART | _ | 31 revenge | mark |
| 31 | revenge | revenge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 advised | obj |
| 32 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 31 revenge | nmod:unmarked |
| 33 | in | in | ADP | _ | 35 turn | case |
| 34 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 turn | nmod:poss |
| 35 | turn | turn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 advised | obl |
| 36 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 became | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | past | last Obim | annoyed property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | repeat | participle | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||||
| 3 | tell speech: assert | past | OBIM | OBIM's husband | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent husband=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | go on | past · progressive | between OBIM; what nsubj | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme between herself=Location | |||||
| 5 | advise speech: other | past | last Obim not said here | husband | chief's turn | revenge chief obj | tree rules |
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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