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Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxxi.--chief Kekong’s Daughter ’ndere Who Married a Python., part 1, sentence 27

Although ’Ndere intended to marry the python, she did not wish her parents to know what her thoughts were, as she was an obstinate and disobedient girl. ’

Who acts: Ndere · What happens: intend, marry, not wish, know, be, think · To what, where: python, parents · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria» by Elphinstone Dayrell, Xxxi.--chief Kekong’s Daughter ’ndere Who Married a Python., part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ndere), 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

markpunctnsubjadvclmarkxcompdetobjpunctnsubjauxadvmodnmod:possobjmarkadvclnsubjnmod:possnsubjcoppunctcasensubjcopdetamodccconjccomppunctpunctrootAlthoughSCONJ’PUNCTNderePROPNintendedVERBtoPARTmarryVERBtheDETpythonNOUN,PUNCTshePRONdidAUXnotPARTwishVERBherPRONparentsNOUNtoPARTknowVERBwhatPRONherPRONthoughtsNOUNwereAUX,PUNCTasADPshePRONwasAUXanDETobstinateADJandCCONJdisobedientADJgirlNOUN.PUNCT’PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AlthoughalthoughSCONJ_4 intendedmark
2’'PUNCT_4 intendedpunct
3NdereNderePROPNNumber=Sing4 intendednsubj
4intendedintendVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin13 wishadvcl
5totoPART_6 marrymark
6marrymarryVERBVerbForm=Inf4 intendedxcomp
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 pythondet
8pythonpythonNOUNNumber=Sing6 marryobj
9,,PUNCT_4 intendedpunct
10sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs13 wishnsubj
11diddoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin13 wishaux
12notnotPARTPolarity=Neg13 wishadvmod
13wishwishVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
14herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs15 parentsnmod:poss
15parentsparentNOUNNumber=Plur13 wishobj
16totoPART_17 knowmark
17knowknowVERBVerbForm=Inf13 wishadvcl
18whatwhatPRONPronType=Int30 girlnsubj
19herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs20 thoughtsnmod:poss
20thoughtsthoughtNOUNNumber=Plur30 girlnsubj
21werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin30 girlcop
22,,PUNCT_30 girlpunct
23asasADP_30 girlcase
24sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs30 girlnsubj
25wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin30 girlcop
26anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art30 girldet
27obstinateobstinateADJDegree=Pos30 girlamod
28andandCCONJ_29 disobedientcc
29disobedientdisobedientADJDegree=Pos27 obstinateconj
30girlgirlNOUNNumber=Sing17 knowccomp
31..PUNCT_13 wishpunct
32’'PUNCT_13 wishpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1intendpastNderevn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2marry not said to happento-infinitiveNdere not said herethe pythonvn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent python=Patient
3not wishpast · do-supportNdereNdere's parentsvn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot parent=Theme
4knowto-infinitiveNdere not said herevn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
5ispastas a obstinate girl; what nsubj; Ndere's thoughts nsubj; Ndere nsubjtree rules
6thinkNderenom thought «cognition 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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