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Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 3, sentence 16

When he saw what a terrible flogging his wife had received, his heart was full of rage against Chief Erim, so that very night he went to every slave, and they all agreed to kill their master.

Who acts: Chief, wife, heart, wives · What happens: see, flog, receive, be, go, agree · To what, where: slave, master

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 (Chief, wife, heart, wives), 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

advmodnsubjobjdetacl:relcladvclnmod:possnsubjauxccomppunctnmod:possnsubjcopconjcaseoblcasenmodflatpunctadvmodcaseadvmodoblnsubjconjcasedetoblpunctccnsubjadvmodconjmarkxcompnmod:possobjpunctrootWhenADVhePRONsawVERBwhatPRONaDETterribleADJfloggingVERBhisPRONwifeNOUNhadAUXreceivedVERB,PUNCThisPRONheartNOUNwasAUXfullADJofADPrageNOUNagainstADPChiefPROPNErimPROPN,PUNCTsoADVthatADPveryADVnightNOUNhePRONwentVERBtoADPeveryDETslaveNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJtheyPRONallDETagreedVERBtoPARTkillVERBtheirPRONmasterNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhenwhenADVPronType=Int3 sawadvmod
2hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 sawnsubj
3sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4whatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 sawobj
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 terribledet
6terribleterribleADJDegree=Pos4 whatacl:relcl
7floggingflogVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part6 terribleadvcl
8hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs9 wifenmod:poss
9wifewifeNOUNNumber=Sing11 receivednsubj
10hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 receivedaux
11receivedreceiveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part7 floggingccomp
12,,PUNCT_16 fullpunct
13hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs14 heartnmod:poss
14heartheartNOUNNumber=Sing16 fullnsubj
15wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin16 fullcop
16fullfullADJDegree=Pos11 receivedconj
17ofofADP_18 ragecase
18ragerageNOUNNumber=Sing16 fullobl
19againstagainstADP_20 Chiefcase
20ChiefChiefPROPNNumber=Sing18 ragenmod
21ErimErimPROPNNumber=Sing20 Chiefflat
22,,PUNCT_28 wentpunct
23sosoADV_28 wentadvmod
24thatthatADP_26 nightcase
25veryveryADV_26 nightadvmod
26nightnightNOUNNumber=Sing28 wentobl
27hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs28 wentnsubj
28wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 floggingconj
29totoADP_31 slavecase
30everyeveryDETPronType=Tot31 slavedet
31slaveslaveNOUNNumber=Sing28 wentobl
32,,PUNCT_36 agreedpunct
33andandCCONJ_36 agreedcc
34theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs36 agreednsubj
35allallDETPronType=Tot36 agreedadvmod
36agreedagreeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin28 wentconj
37totoPART_38 killmark
38killkillVERBVerbForm=Inf36 agreedxcomp
39theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs40 masternmod:poss
40mastermasterNOUNNumber=Sing38 killobj
41..PUNCT_3 sawpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1seepastChiefwhat objvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus
2floggerundChief not said heretree rules
3receivepast · perfectChief's wifevn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4ispastChief's heartof rage against Chief; full propertytree rules
5gopastChiefevery slavenightvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to slave=Initial_Location
6agree speech: agreepastwives = wifevn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
7kill not said to happento-infinitivewives = wife not said hereslaves's mastervn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent master=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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