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Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 4, sentence 24

One day, when the bush buck’s daughter went down to the spring to get drinking-water, she met a young frog, who fell in love with her and decided to ask her father’s consent to their marriage.

Who acts: daughter, young frog, father, animals · What happens: go down, get, meet, fall, decide, ask · To what, where: drinking water, young frog, love, consent

This is a sentence of «Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria» by Elphinstone Dayrell, Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (daughter, young frog, father, animals), 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

nummodobl:unmarkedpunctadvmoddetcompoundnmod:posscasensubjadvmodcasedetoblmarkadvclcompoundpunctobjpunctnsubjconjdetamodobjpunctnsubjacl:relclcaseoblcaseoblccconjmarkxcompnmod:possnmod:posscaseobjcasenmod:possoblpunctrootOneNUMdayNOUN,PUNCTwhenADVtheDETbushNOUNbuckNOUN’sPARTdaughterNOUNwentVERBdownADVtoADPtheDETspringNOUNtoPARTgetVERBdrinkingNOUN-PUNCTwaterNOUN,PUNCTshePRONmetVERBaDETyoungADJfrogNOUN,PUNCTwhoPRONfellVERBinADPloveNOUNwithADPherPRONandCCONJdecidedVERBtoPARTaskVERBherPRONfatherNOUN’sPARTconsentNOUNtoADPtheirPRONmarriageNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card2 daynummod
2daydayNOUNNumber=Sing10 wentobl:unmarked
3,,PUNCT_2 daypunct
4whenwhenADVPronType=Int10 wentadvmod
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 buckdet
6bushbushNOUNNumber=Sing7 buckcompound
7buckbuckNOUNNumber=Sing9 daughternmod:poss
8’s'sPART_7 buckcase
9daughterdaughterNOUNNumber=Sing10 wentnsubj
10wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
11downdownADV_10 wentadvmod
12totoADP_14 springcase
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 springdet
14springspringNOUNNumber=Sing10 wentobl
15totoPART_16 getmark
16getgetVERBVerbForm=Inf10 wentadvcl
17drinkingdrinkingNOUNNumber=Sing19 watercompound
18--PUNCT_17 drinkingpunct
19waterwaterNOUNNumber=Sing16 getobj
20,,PUNCT_22 metpunct
21sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs22 metnsubj
22metmeetVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 wentconj
23aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art25 frogdet
24youngyoungADJDegree=Pos25 frogamod
25frogfrogNOUNNumber=Sing22 metobj
26,,PUNCT_28 fellpunct
27whowhoPRONPronType=Rel28 fellnsubj
28fellfallVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin25 frogacl:relcl
29ininADP_30 lovecase
30loveloveNOUNNumber=Sing28 fellobl
31withwithADP_32 hercase
32hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs28 fellobl
33andandCCONJ_34 decidedcc
34decideddecideVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin28 fellconj
35totoPART_36 askmark
36askaskVERBVerbForm=Inf34 decidedxcomp
37herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs38 fathernmod:poss
38fatherfatherNOUNNumber=Sing40 consentnmod:poss
39’s'sPART_38 fathercase
40consentconsentNOUNNumber=Sing36 askobj
41totoADP_43 marriagecase
42theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs43 marriagenmod:poss
43marriagemarriageNOUNNumber=Sing36 askobl
44..PUNCT_10 wentpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1go downpastthe bush buck's daughterday; springdown propertyvn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2getto-infinitivethe bush buck's daughter not said heredrinking watervn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer water=Stimulus
3meetpastDAUGHTERa young frogvn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frog=Co-Agent
4fallpasta young froglovewith DAUGHTERvn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in love=Location
5decidepasta young frog not said herevn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6ask speech: ask not said to happento-infinitivea young frog not said hereDAUGHTER's father's consentto animals's marriagevn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent consent=Recipient
7consentDAUGHTER's fathernom consent «communication transitive»: poss=agent
8marryanimals = animalnom marriage «state transitive»: poss=agent

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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