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Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxix.--why a Python Never Swallows a Tortoise., sentence 21

So the python replied, “How can you give me all the animals for food, seeing that they do not belong to you?”

Who acts: python, you, animals · What happens: reply, give, see, not belong · To what, where: animals, python, you · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (python, you, 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

advmoddetnsubjpunctpunctadvmodauxnsubjccompiobjdet:predetdetobjcasenmodpunctadvclmarknsubjauxadvmodccompcaseoblpunctpunctrootSoADVtheDETpythonNOUNrepliedVERB,PUNCT“PUNCTHowADVcanAUXyouPRONgiveVERBmePRONallDETtheDETanimalsNOUNforADPfoodNOUN,PUNCTseeingVERBthatSCONJtheyPRONdoAUXnotPARTbelongVERBtoADPyouPRON?PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SosoADV_4 repliedadvmod
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 pythondet
3pythonpythonNOUNNumber=Sing4 repliednsubj
4repliedreplyVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5,,PUNCT_10 givepunct
6“"PUNCT_10 givepunct
7HowhowADVPronType=Int10 giveadvmod
8cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin10 giveaux
9youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs10 givensubj
10givegiveVERBVerbForm=Inf4 repliedccomp
11meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs10 giveiobj
12allallDETPronType=Tot14 animalsdet:predet
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 animalsdet
14animalsanimalNOUNNumber=Plur10 giveobj
15forforADP_16 foodcase
16foodfoodNOUNNumber=Sing14 animalsnmod
17,,PUNCT_18 seeingpunct
18seeingseeVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part10 giveadvcl
19thatthatSCONJ_23 belongmark
20theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs23 belongnsubj
21dodoAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin23 belongaux
22notnotPARTPolarity=Neg23 belongadvmod
23belongbelongVERBVerbForm=Inf18 seeingccomp
24totoADP_25 youcase
25youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs23 belongobl
26??PUNCT_4 repliedpunct
27”"PUNCT_4 repliedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1reply speech: askpastthe pythonvn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2give in a quotecanyouall animalsthe python = pythonfor foodvn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent i=Recipient animal=Theme for food=Asset
3see in a quotegerundyou not said herevn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4not belong in a quotepresent · do-supportanimals = animalyouvn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme

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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