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Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 3, sentence 52

The poison was then placed in Oga Erim’s food and a few hours after he had eaten it he began to vomit and spit blood; so when the sun was going down he called for the head slave and asked him to get him some medicine to cure him.

Who acts: Oga, sun · What happens: place, eat, begin, vomit, spit, go down · To what, where: poison, food, blood, Oga, medicine · 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 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Oga, sun), 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

detnsubjaux:passadvmodcasenmod:possflatcaseoblccdetamodconjmarknsubjauxadvclobjnsubjconjmarkxcompccconjobjpunctadvmodadvmoddetnsubjauxadvcladvmodnsubjparataxiscasedetcompoundoblccconjiobjmarkxcompobjdetobjmarkadvclobjpunctrootTheDETpoisonNOUNwasAUXthenADVplacedVERBinADPOgaPROPNErimPROPN’sPARTfoodNOUNandCCONJaDETfewADJhoursNOUNafterSCONJhePRONhadAUXeatenVERBitPRONhePRONbeganVERBtoPARTvomitVERBandCCONJspitVERBbloodNOUN;PUNCTsoADVwhenADVtheDETsunNOUNwasAUXgoingVERBdownADVhePRONcalledVERBforADPtheDETheadNOUNslaveNOUNandCCONJaskedVERBhimPRONtoPARTgetVERBhimPRONsomeDETmedicineNOUNtoPARTcureVERBhimPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 poisondet
2poisonpoisonNOUNNumber=Sing5 placednsubj
3wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 placedaux:pass
4thenthenADVPronType=Dem5 placedadvmod
5placedplaceVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
6ininADP_10 foodcase
7OgaOgaPROPNNumber=Sing10 foodnmod:poss
8ErimErimPROPNNumber=Sing7 Ogaflat
9’s'sPART_7 Ogacase
10foodfoodNOUNNumber=Sing5 placedobl
11andandCCONJ_14 hourscc
12aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art14 hoursdet
13fewfewADJDegree=Pos14 hoursamod
14hourshourNOUNNumber=Plur10 foodconj
15afterafterSCONJ_18 eatenmark
16hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs18 eatennsubj
17hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin18 eatenaux
18eateneatVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part5 placedadvcl
19ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs18 eatenobj
20hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs21 begannsubj
21beganbeginVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin18 eatenconj
22totoPART_23 vomitmark
23vomitvomitVERBVerbForm=Inf21 beganxcomp
24andandCCONJ_25 spitcc
25spitspitVERBVerbForm=Inf23 vomitconj
26bloodbloodNOUNNumber=Sing25 spitobj
27;;PUNCT_36 calledpunct
28sosoADV_36 calledadvmod
29whenwhenADVPronType=Int33 goingadvmod
30thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art31 sundet
31sunsunNOUNNumber=Sing33 goingnsubj
32wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin33 goingaux
33goinggoVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part36 calledadvcl
34downdownADV_33 goingadvmod
35hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs36 callednsubj
36calledcallVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 placedparataxis
37forforADP_40 slavecase
38thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art40 slavedet
39headheadNOUNNumber=Sing40 slavecompound
40slaveslaveNOUNNumber=Sing36 calledobl
41andandCCONJ_42 askedcc
42askedaskVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin36 calledconj
43himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs42 askediobj
44totoPART_45 getmark
45getgetVERBVerbForm=Inf42 askedxcomp
46himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs45 getobj
47somesomeDETPronType=Ind48 medicinedet
48medicinemedicineNOUNNumber=Sing45 getobj
49totoPART_50 curemark
50curecureVERBVerbForm=Inf45 getadvcl
51himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs50 cureobj
52..PUNCT_5 placedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1placepast · passivethe poisonOga's food and a few hoursthenvn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in food=Destination
2eatpast · perfectOgapoisonvn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
3beginpastOgavn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4vomitto-infinitiveOga not said herevn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5spitinfinitiveOga not said herebloodvn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent blood=Theme
6go downpast · progressivethe sundown propertyvn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
7callpastOgafor the head slavevn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for slave=Recipient
8ask speech: askpastOga not said hereOgavn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
9get not said to happento-infinitiveOga not said heresome medicineOgavn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary medicine=Theme
10cureto-infinitiveOga not said hereOgavn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer he=Source

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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