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Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 1, sentence 27

The chief welcomed him, and said he had often wished to see him, as many people spoke of his personal appearance and his good qualities.

Who acts: chief, Oga, many people · What happens: welcome, say, wish, see, speak · To what, where: Oga · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria» by Elphinstone Dayrell, Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (chief, Oga, many people), 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

detnsubjobjpunctccparataxisnsubjauxadvmodccompmarkadvclobjpunctmarkamodnsubjadvclcasenmod:possamodoblccnmod:possamodconjpunctrootTheDETchiefNOUNwelcomedVERBhimPRON,PUNCTandCCONJsaidVERBhePRONhadAUXoftenADVwishedVERBtoPARTseeVERBhimPRON,PUNCTasSCONJmanyADJpeopleNOUNspokeVERBofADPhisPRONpersonalADJappearanceNOUNandCCONJhisPRONgoodADJqualitiesNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 chiefdet
2chiefchiefNOUNNumber=Sing3 welcomednsubj
3welcomedwelcomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 welcomedobj
5,,PUNCT_7 saidpunct
6andandCCONJ_7 saidcc
7saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 welcomedparataxis
8hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 wishednsubj
9hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 wishedaux
10oftenoftenADV_11 wishedadvmod
11wishedwishVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part7 saidccomp
12totoPART_13 seemark
13seeseeVERBVerbForm=Inf11 wishedadvcl
14himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs13 seeobj
15,,PUNCT_19 spokepunct
16asasSCONJ_19 spokemark
17manymanyADJDegree=Pos18 peopleamod
18peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur19 spokensubj
19spokespeakVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 wishedadvcl
20ofofADP_23 appearancecase
21hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs23 appearancenmod:poss
22personalpersonalADJDegree=Pos23 appearanceamod
23appearanceappearanceNOUNNumber=Sing19 spokeobl
24andandCCONJ_27 qualitiescc
25hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs27 qualitiesnmod:poss
26goodgoodADJDegree=Pos27 qualitiesamod
27qualitiesqualityNOUNNumber=Plur23 appearanceconj
28..PUNCT_3 welcomedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1welcomepastthe chiefOgavn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2say speech: assertpastvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3wishpast · perfectOgaoften propertyvn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
4seeto-infinitiveOga not said hereOgavn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
5speak speech: otherpastmany peopleof Oga's personal appearance and Oga's good qualitiesvn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=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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