Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 2, sentence 17

At this one of the men raised his bow and arrow and was about to shoot when the Elephantiasis said, “Don’t shoot, I am not your enemy; I am looking for my friend, the hare, and I want you to show me where he is.”

Who acts: men, Elephantiasis, you · What happens: raise, be, shoot, say, not shoot, not be · To what, where: bow, enemy, you, Elephantiasis · 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 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (men, Elephantiasis, you), 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 one	case
2	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 one	det
3	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 raised	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 men	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 men	det
6	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 raised	nsubj
7	raised	raise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 bow	nmod:poss
9	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 raised	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 arrow	cc
11	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bow	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 about	cc
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 about	cop
14	about	about	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 raised	conj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 shoot	mark
16	shoot	shoot	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 about	xcomp
17	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	20 said	advmod
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Elephantiasis	det
19	Elephantiasis	elephantiasis	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 said	nsubj
20	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 shoot	advcl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 shoot	punct
22	“	"	PUNCT	_	25 shoot	punct
23	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	25 shoot	aux
24	n’t	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	25 shoot	advmod
25	shoot	shoot	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 said	ccomp
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 enemy	punct
27	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	31 enemy	nsubj
28	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	31 enemy	cop
29	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	31 enemy	advmod
30	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	31 enemy	nmod:poss
31	enemy	enemy	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 shoot	obl
32	;	;	PUNCT	_	35 looking	punct
33	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	35 looking	nsubj
34	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	35 looking	aux
35	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 raised	advcl
36	for	for	ADP	_	38 friend	case
37	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	38 friend	nmod:poss
38	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 looking	obl
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 hare	punct
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 hare	det
41	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 friend	conj
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 want	punct
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 want	cc
44	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	45 want	nsubj
45	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 raised	parataxis
46	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	45 want	obj
47	to	to	PART	_	48 show	mark
48	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	45 want	xcomp
49	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	48 show	iobj
50	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	52 is	advmod
51	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 is	nsubj
52	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	48 show	ccomp
53	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 raised	punct
54	”	"	PUNCT	_	7 raised	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	raise	past	the men	hare's bow and arrow		at this one	tree rules
2	is	past	the men not said here			about property	tree rules
3	shoot	to-infinitive	the men not said here				vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	say speech: assert	past	the Elephantiasis				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	not shoot in a quote	infinitive · do-support					vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
6	not is a in a quote	present	the Elephantiasis = elephantiasis	your enemy		your nmod:poss	tree rules
7	look in a quote	present · progressive	the Elephantiasis = elephantiasis			for my friend and the hare	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for friend=Theme
8	want in a quote	present	the Elephantiasis = elephantiasis	you			tree rules
9	show not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive	you not said here		the Elephantiasis = elephantiasis		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic
10	be in a quote	present	Elephantiasis				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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, Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 2, sentence 17

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Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 2, sentence 17