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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 36

So the eagle sent for them and said, “It was you who told the bush cow where the hawk was hiding and in consequence I have had to pay a large amount to the antelope as a punishment; for the future I shall allow the hawk to always kill your children whenever he can catch them.”

Who acts: eagle, amount, you, hawk, antelope · What happens: send, say, be, tell, hide, have · To what, where: you, bush cow, consequence, large amount, hawk, children · 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 (eagle, amount, you, hawk), 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

advmoddetnsubjcaseoblccconjpunctpunctnsubjcopnsubjnsubjconjdetcompoundobjadvmoddetnsubjauxacl:relclcccaseoblnsubjauxconjmarkxcompdetamodobjcasedetoblcasedetoblpunctcasedetoblnsubjauxccompdetobjmarkadvmodadvclnmod:possobjadvmodnsubjauxadvclobjpunctpunctrootSoADVtheDETeagleNOUNsentVERBforADPthemPRONandCCONJsaidVERB,PUNCT“PUNCTItPRONwasAUXyouPRONwhoPRONtoldVERBtheDETbushNOUNcowNOUNwhereADVtheDEThawkNOUNwasAUXhidingVERBandCCONJinADPconsequenceNOUNIPRONhaveAUXhadVERBtoPARTpayVERBaDETlargeADJamountNOUNtoADPtheDETantelopeNOUNasADPaDETpunishmentNOUN;PUNCTforADPtheDETfutureNOUNIPRONshallAUXallowVERBtheDEThawkNOUNtoPARTalwaysADVkillVERByourPRONchildrenNOUNwheneverADVhePRONcanAUXcatchVERBthemPRON.PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SosoADV_4 sentadvmod
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 eagledet
3eagleeagleNOUNNumber=Sing4 sentnsubj
4sentsendVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5forforADP_6 themcase
6themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs4 sentobl
7andandCCONJ_8 saidcc
8saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 sentconj
9,,PUNCT_15 toldpunct
10“"PUNCT_15 toldpunct
11ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs13 younsubj
12wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin13 youcop
13youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs15 toldnsubj
14whowhoPRONPronType=Rel15 toldnsubj
15toldtellVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 saidconj
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 cowdet
17bushbushNOUNNumber=Sing18 cowcompound
18cowcowNOUNNumber=Sing15 toldobj
19wherewhereADVPronType=Rel23 hidingadvmod
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 hawkdet
21hawkhawkNOUNNumber=Sing23 hidingnsubj
22wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin23 hidingaux
23hidinghideVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part18 cowacl:relcl
24andandCCONJ_29 hadcc
25ininADP_26 consequencecase
26consequenceconsequenceNOUNNumber=Sing29 hadobl
27IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs29 hadnsubj
28havehaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin29 hadaux
29hadhaveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part23 hidingconj
30totoPART_31 paymark
31paypayVERBVerbForm=Inf29 hadxcomp
32aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art34 amountdet
33largelargeADJDegree=Pos34 amountamod
34amountamountNOUNNumber=Sing31 payobj
35totoADP_37 antelopecase
36thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art37 antelopedet
37antelopeantelopeNOUNNumber=Sing31 payobl
38asasADP_40 punishmentcase
39aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art40 punishmentdet
40punishmentpunishmentNOUNNumber=Sing31 payobl
41;;PUNCT_47 allowpunct
42forforADP_44 futurecase
43thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art44 futuredet
44futurefutureNOUNNumber=Sing47 allowobl
45IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs47 allownsubj
46shallshallAUXVerbForm=Fin47 allowaux
47allowallowVERBVerbForm=Inf15 toldccomp
48thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art49 hawkdet
49hawkhawkNOUNNumber=Sing47 allowobj
50totoPART_52 killmark
51alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot52 killadvmod
52killkillVERBVerbForm=Inf47 allowadvcl
53youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs54 childrennmod:poss
54childrenchildNOUNNumber=Plur52 killobj
55wheneverwheneverADVPronType=Rel58 catchadvmod
56hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs58 catchnsubj
57cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin58 catchaux
58catchcatchVERBVerbForm=Inf52 killadvcl
59themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs58 catchobj
60..PUNCT_8 saidpunct
61”"PUNCT_4 sentpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1sendpastthe eaglefor cocks = cockvn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2say speech: assertpastthe eagle not said herevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3is a in a quotepastamountyoutree rules
4tell speech: assert in a quotepastyouthe bush cowwho nsubjvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent cow=Recipient clause=Topic
5hide in a quotepast · progressivethe hawkvn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6have in a quotepresent · perfectthe eagle = eagleconsequencetree rules
7pay in a quoteto-infinitivethe eagle = eagle not said herea large amountto the antelope; as a punishmentvn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent amount=Asset
8allow in a quoteshallthe eagle = eaglethe hawkfor the future goalvn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent hawk=Theme for future=Goal
9kill in a quoteto-infinitivethe eagle = eagle not said hereyour childrenalways propertyvn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme
10catch in a quotecanantelopehawks = hawkwhenever propertyvn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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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