Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 3, sentence 58
When he got back to the town, he opened the store where all the rods were, and having called all the slaves together, he divided the rods amongst them all, and then locked the door again.
Who acts: Oga · What happens: get back, open, call, divide, lock · To what, where: store, rods, door · 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), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 got | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 got | nsubj |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 opened | advcl |
| 4 | back | back | ADV | _ | 3 got | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 town | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 town | det |
| 7 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 got | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 got | punct |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 opened | nsubj |
| 10 | opened | open | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 store | det |
| 12 | store | store | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 opened | obj |
| 13 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 21 called | advmod |
| 14 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 16 rods | det:predet |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 rods | det |
| 16 | rods | rod | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 called | obl |
| 17 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 called | aux:pass |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 called | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 called | cc |
| 20 | having | have | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 21 called | aux |
| 21 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 store | acl:relcl |
| 22 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 24 slaves | det:predet |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 slaves | det |
| 24 | slaves | slave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 called | xcomp |
| 25 | together | together | ADV | _ | 21 called | advmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 divided | punct |
| 27 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 divided | nsubj |
| 28 | divided | divide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 opened | conj |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 rods | det |
| 30 | rods | rod | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 divided | obj |
| 31 | amongst | amongst | ADP | _ | 32 them | case |
| 32 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 divided | obl |
| 33 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 32 them | nmod:unmarked |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 locked | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 locked | cc |
| 36 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 37 locked | advmod |
| 37 | locked | lock | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 opened | conj |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 door | det |
| 39 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 locked | obj |
| 40 | again | again | ADV | _ | 37 locked | advmod |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 opened | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get back | past | Oga | to the town result | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to town=Result | ||||
| 2 | open | past | Oga | the store | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location store=Theme | ||||
| 3 | call | past · perfect · passive | all rods | all slaves xcomp; together property | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V» | ||||
| 4 | divide | past | Oga | the rods | amongst slaves = slave | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rod=Theme | |||
| 5 | lock | past | Oga not said here | the door | then; again | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient |
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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