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Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 3, sentence 31

You have only to give me your loin-cloth, and then when he has seen it he will know what is the matter with you after he has cast lots.”

Who acts: You, ju · What happens: have, give, see, know, be, cast · To what, where: loin cloth, me, order, matter, lots

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 (You, ju), 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

nsubjadvmodmarkxcompiobjnmod:posscompoundpunctobjpunctccadvmodmarknsubjauxadvclobjnsubjauxparataxisnsubjcopdetparataxiscasenmodmarknsubjauxccompobjpunctpunctrootYouPRONhaveVERBonlyADVtoPARTgiveVERBmePRONyourPRONloinNOUN-PUNCTclothNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJthenADVwhenSCONJhePRONhasAUXseenVERBitPRONhePRONwillAUXknowVERBwhatPRONisAUXtheDETmatterNOUNwithADPyouPRONafterSCONJhePRONhasAUXcastVERBlotsNOUN.PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs2 havensubj
2havehaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3onlyonlyADV_5 giveadvmod
4totoPART_5 givemark
5givegiveVERBVerbForm=Inf2 havexcomp
6meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs5 giveiobj
7youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs10 clothnmod:poss
8loinloinNOUNNumber=Sing10 clothcompound
9--PUNCT_8 loinpunct
10clothclothNOUNNumber=Sing5 giveobj
11,,PUNCT_21 knowpunct
12andandCCONJ_21 knowcc
13thenthenADVPronType=Dem17 seenadvmod
14whenwhenSCONJ_17 seenmark
15hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs17 seennsubj
16hashaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin17 seenaux
17seenseeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part21 knowadvcl
18ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs17 seenobj
19hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs21 knownsubj
20willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin21 knowaux
21knowknowVERBVerbForm=Inf2 haveparataxis
22whatwhatPRONPronType=Int25 matternsubj
23isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin25 mattercop
24thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art25 matterdet
25mattermatterNOUNNumber=Sing21 knowparataxis
26withwithADP_27 youcase
27youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs25 matternmod
28afterafterSCONJ_31 castmark
29hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs31 castnsubj
30hashaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin31 castaux
31castcastVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part21 knowccomp
32lotslotNOUNNumber=Plur31 castobj
33..PUNCT_2 havepunct
34”"PUNCT_2 havepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1havepresentYoutree rules
2giveto-infinitiveYou not said hereyour loin clothmevn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient cloth=Theme
3seepresent · perfectjuorderthenvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
4knowfuturejuvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
5is apresentthe matterwith you; what nsubjtree rules
6castpresent · perfectjulotsvn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Product

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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