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Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 3, sentence 13

She was then released and water having been thrown over her she was carried to her house, where she was placed on the sleeping-mat.

Who acts: water · What happens: release, have, throw, carry, place · To what, where: Erim, water, house, sleeping mat

This is a sentence of «Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria» by Elphinstone Dayrell, Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (water), 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

nsubj:passaux:passadvmodccnsubj:passaclaux:passconjcaseoblnsubjaux:passparataxiscasenmod:possoblpunctadvmodnsubjaux:passaclcasedetcompoundpunctoblpunctrootShePRONwasAUXthenADVreleasedVERBandCCONJwaterNOUNhavingVERBbeenAUXthrownVERBoverADPherPRONshePRONwasAUXcarriedVERBtoADPherPRONhouseNOUN,PUNCTwhereADVshePRONwasAUXplacedVERBonADPtheDETsleepingNOUN-PUNCTmatNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 releasednsubj:pass
2wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 releasedaux:pass
3thenthenADVPronType=Dem4 releasedadvmod
4releasedreleaseVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
5andandCCONJ_9 throwncc
6waterwaterNOUNNumber=Sing9 thrownnsubj:pass
7havinghaveVERBVerbForm=Ger6 wateracl
8beenbeAUXTense=Past VerbForm=Part9 thrownaux:pass
9thrownthrowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass4 releasedconj
10overoverADP_11 hercase
11hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 thrownobl
12sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs14 carriednsubj
13wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin14 carriedaux:pass
14carriedcarryVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass9 thrownparataxis
15totoADP_17 housecase
16herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs17 housenmod:poss
17househouseNOUNNumber=Sing14 carriedobl
18,,PUNCT_22 placedpunct
19wherewhereADVPronType=Rel22 placedadvmod
20sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs22 placednsubj
21wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin22 placedaux:pass
22placedplaceVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass17 houseacl
23ononADP_27 matcase
24thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 matdet
25sleepingsleepingNOUNNumber=Sing27 matcompound
26--PUNCT_25 sleepingpunct
27matmatNOUNNumber=Sing22 placedobl
28..PUNCT_4 releasedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1releasepast · passiveErimthenvn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Source
2havegerundwater not said herevn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3throwparticiple · passivewaterover Erimvn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme over she=Destination
4carrypast · passiveErimErim's housevn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to house=Destination
5placepast · passiveErimthe sleeping matvn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme on mat=Destination

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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