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Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxx.--the Game of Hide-and-seek As Played By the Hawk and the Bush Cow., sentence 27

When he reached the hawk’s house, the bush cow searched everywhere for him, but finding he was not there, he rushed out again and went round another part of the town to see if he could find him.

Who acts: antelope, bush cow · What happens: reach, search, find, not be, rush out, go · To what, where: house, part, king · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria» by Elphinstone Dayrell, Xxx.--the Game of Hide-and-seek As Played By the Hawk and the Bush Cow.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (antelope, bush cow), 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

marknsubjadvcldetnmod:posscaseobjpunctdetcompoundnsubjadvmodcaseoblpunctccadvclnsubjcopadvmodccomppunctnsubjparataxiscompound:prtadvmodccconjcasedetoblcasedetnmodmarkadvclmarknsubjauxccompobjpunctrootWhenSCONJhePRONreachedVERBtheDEThawkNOUN’sPARThouseNOUN,PUNCTtheDETbushNOUNcowNOUNsearchedVERBeverywhereADVforADPhimPRON,PUNCTbutCCONJfindingVERBhePRONwasAUXnotPARTthereADV,PUNCThePRONrushedVERBoutADPagainADVandCCONJwentVERBroundADPanotherDETpartNOUNofADPtheDETtownNOUNtoPARTseeVERBifSCONJhePRONcouldAUXfindVERBhimPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhenwhenSCONJ_3 reachedmark
2hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 reachednsubj
3reachedreachVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 searchedadvcl
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 hawkdet
5hawkhawkNOUNNumber=Sing7 housenmod:poss
6’s'sPART_5 hawkcase
7househouseNOUNNumber=Sing3 reachedobj
8,,PUNCT_3 reachedpunct
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 cowdet
10bushbushNOUNNumber=Sing11 cowcompound
11cowcowNOUNNumber=Sing12 searchednsubj
12searchedsearchVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
13everywhereeverywhereADVPronType=Tot12 searchedadvmod
14forforADP_15 himcase
15himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs12 searchedobl
16,,PUNCT_18 findingpunct
17butbutCCONJ_18 findingcc
18findingfindVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part12 searchedadvcl
19hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs22 therensubj
20wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin22 therecop
21notnotPARTPolarity=Neg22 thereadvmod
22therethereADVPronType=Dem18 findingccomp
23,,PUNCT_25 rushedpunct
24hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs25 rushednsubj
25rushedrushVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 searchedparataxis
26outoutADP_25 rushedcompound:prt
27againagainADV_25 rushedadvmod
28andandCCONJ_29 wentcc
29wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin25 rushedconj
30roundroundADP_32 partcase
31anotheranotherDETPronType=Ind32 partdet
32partpartNOUNNumber=Sing29 wentobl
33ofofADP_35 towncase
34thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art35 towndet
35towntownNOUNNumber=Sing32 partnmod
36totoPART_37 seemark
37seeseeVERBVerbForm=Inf29 wentadvcl
38ififSCONJ_41 findmark
39hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs41 findnsubj
40couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin41 findaux
41findfindVERBVerbForm=Inf37 seeccomp
42himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs41 findobj
43..PUNCT_12 searchedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1reachpastantelopethe hawk's housevn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent house=Theme
2searchpastthe bush cowfor antelope; everywhere propertyvn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for he=Theme
3findgerundthe bush cow not said herevn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
4not ispastantelopethere propertytree rules
5rush outpastantelopeagainvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6gopastantelope not said hereanother part of the townvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme round part=Initial_Location
7seeto-infinitiveantelope not said herevn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
8find a condition, not said to happencouldantelopekingvn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic

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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