Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxix.--why a Python Never Swallows a Tortoise., sentence 17
So the tortoise, not liking the idea of being swallowed by the python, passed along as the other animals had done.
Who acts: tortoise, python · What happens: not like, swallow, pass along, do · To what, where: idea, python, other animals, tortoise
This is a sentence of «Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria» by Elphinstone Dayrell, Xxix.--why a Python Never Swallows a Tortoise.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (tortoise, python), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 3 tortoise | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 tortoise | det |
| 3 | tortoise | tortoise | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 liking | punct |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 liking | advmod |
| 6 | liking | like | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 tortoise | acl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 idea | det |
| 8 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 liking | obj |
| 9 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 11 swallowed | mark |
| 10 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 swallowed | aux:pass |
| 11 | swallowed | swallow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 idea | acl |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 python | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 python | det |
| 14 | python | python | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 swallowed | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 passed | punct |
| 16 | passed | pass | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 python | acl |
| 17 | along | along | ADV | _ | 16 passed | advmod |
| 18 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 23 done | mark |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 animals | det |
| 20 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 animals | amod |
| 21 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 done | nsubj:pass |
| 22 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 done | aux |
| 23 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 passed | advcl |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 tortoise | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not like | gerund | the tortoise not said here | the idea | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot idea=Theme | ||||
| 2 | swallow | gerund · passive | the python | the idea not said here | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | pass along | participle | the python not said here | along property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | do | past · perfect · passive | the other animals | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
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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