Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 1, sentence 66

When the Elephantiasis got back to the vine he called out to the hare, but as he did not receive any answer he guessed the hare had run home, so he rolled himself along the path after the hare, but although he was nearly round he could not travel nearly as fast as the hare, who was a very swift runner indeed.

Who acts: Elephantiasis, hare · What happens: get back, call out, not receive, guess, run, roll · To what, where: vine, hare, answer, ELEPHANTIASIS, path, swift runner · 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 (Elephantiasis, hare), 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	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 got	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Elephantiasis	det
3	Elephantiasis	elephantiasis	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	nsubj
4	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	back	back	ADV	_	4 got	advmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 vine	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 vine	det
8	vine	vine	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	obl
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 called	nsubj
10	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 vine	acl:relcl
11	out	out	ADP	_	10 called	compound:prt
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 hare	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 hare	det
14	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 called	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 receive	punct
16	but	but	CCONJ	_	21 receive	cc
17	as	as	SCONJ	_	21 receive	mark
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 receive	nsubj
19	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 receive	aux
20	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	21 receive	advmod
21	receive	receive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 got	conj
22	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	23 answer	det
23	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 receive	obj
24	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 guessed	nsubj
25	guessed	guess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 answer	acl:relcl
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 hare	det
27	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 run	nsubj:pass
28	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 run	aux
29	run	run	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	25 guessed	ccomp
30	home	home	ADV	_	29 run	advmod
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 rolled	punct
32	so	so	ADV	_	34 rolled	advmod
33	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 rolled	nsubj
34	rolled	roll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 got	parataxis
35	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	34 rolled	obj
36	along	along	ADP	_	38 path	case
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 path	det
38	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 rolled	obl
39	after	after	ADP	_	41 hare	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 hare	det
41	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 path	nmod
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 travel	punct
43	but	but	CCONJ	_	52 travel	cc
44	although	although	SCONJ	_	52 travel	mark
45	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 travel	nsubj
46	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	52 travel	cop
47	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	52 travel	advmod
48	round	round	ADP	_	52 travel	mark
49	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 travel	nsubj
50	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	52 travel	aux
51	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	52 travel	advmod
52	travel	travel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 got	conj
53	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	55 fast	advmod
54	as	as	ADV	_	55 fast	advmod
55	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	52 travel	advmod
56	as	as	ADP	_	58 hare	case
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 hare	det
58	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 fast	obl
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 runner	punct
60	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	65 runner	nsubj
61	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	65 runner	cop
62	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	65 runner	det
63	very	very	ADV	_	64 swift	advmod
64	swift	swift	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 runner	amod
65	runner	runner	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 hare	appos
66	indeed	indeed	ADV	_	52 travel	advmod
67	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 got	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	get back	past	the Elephantiasis				to the vine result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to vine=Result
2	call out speech: assert	past	ELEPHANTIASIS	the vine not said here	the hare			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent vine=Topic to hare=Recipient
3	not receive	past · do-support	ELEPHANTIASIS	any answer				vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Theme
4	guess	past	ELEPHANTIASIS	any answer not said here				tree rules
5	run	past · perfect · passive		the hare			home property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Agent
6	roll	past	ELEPHANTIASIS	ELEPHANTIASIS		the path after the hare		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent himself=Theme along path=Trajectory
7	not is	could · past	ELEPHANTIASIS				fast, indeed, nearly, travel property	tree rules
8	is a	past	the hare	a swift runner				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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🌲 Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 1, sentence 66

The tree

Pragmatics

Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 1, sentence 66