Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 1, sentence 59
On the road he planned how he should get rid of the disease and at last asked the Elephantiasis to leave him for a little time, as he wanted to relieve himself.
Who acts: Okpa · What happens: plan, get, ask, leave, want, relieve · To what, where: road, Elephantiasis, Okpa · 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 (Okpa), 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 | On | on | ADP | _ | 3 road | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 road | det |
| 3 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 planned | obl |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 planned | nsubj |
| 5 | planned | plan | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 get | advmod |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 get | nsubj |
| 8 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 get | aux |
| 9 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 planned | ccomp |
| 10 | rid | rid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 get | xcomp |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 disease | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 disease | det |
| 13 | disease | disease | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 rid | obl |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 asked | cc |
| 15 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 last | case |
| 16 | last | last | ADV | _ | 17 asked | advmod |
| 17 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 planned | conj |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 Elephantiasis | det |
| 19 | Elephantiasis | elephantiasis | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 asked | obj |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 leave | mark |
| 21 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 asked | ccomp |
| 22 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 leave | obj |
| 23 | for | for | ADP | _ | 26 time | case |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 time | det |
| 25 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 time | amod |
| 26 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 leave | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 wanted | punct |
| 28 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 30 wanted | mark |
| 29 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 wanted | nsubj |
| 30 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 asked | parataxis |
| 31 | to | to | PART | _ | 32 relieve | mark |
| 32 | relieve | relieve | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 wanted | xcomp |
| 33 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 32 relieve | obj |
| 34 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 planned | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | plan | past | Okpa | the road | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | get | should | Okpa | rid property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | ask speech: ask | past | Okpa not said here | the Elephantiasis | last property | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent elephantiasis=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 4 | leave not said to happen | to-infinitive | Okpa | time | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 5 | want | past | Okpa | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 6 | relieve not said to happen | to-infinitive | Okpa not said here | Okpa | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus himself=Experiencer |
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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