Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxxi.--chief Kekong’s Daughter ’ndere Who Married a Python., part 1, sentence 66
Although the python had escaped the trap which the chief had set for him, he had no intention of letting him go, and now that he had seen ’Ndere again he was more determined than ever to possess her for himself, and at once began to plan how he should kill the python and induce ’Ndere to marry him.
Who acts: Chief, intention · What happens: escape, set, have, let, go, see · To what, where: python, trap, intention, Chief, Ndere
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 (Chief, intention), 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 | Although | although | SCONJ | _ | 5 escaped | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 python | det |
| 3 | python | python | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 escaped | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 escaped | aux |
| 5 | escaped | escape | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 had | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 trap | det |
| 7 | trap | trap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 escaped | obj |
| 8 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 set | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 chief | det |
| 10 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 set | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 set | aux |
| 12 | set | set | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 trap | acl:relcl |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 him | case |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 set | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 escaped | punct |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 had | nsubj |
| 17 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 18 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 19 intention | det |
| 19 | intention | intention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 had | obj |
| 20 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 21 letting | mark |
| 21 | letting | let | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 19 intention | acl |
| 22 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 letting | obj |
| 23 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 letting | xcomp |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 seen | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 seen | cc |
| 26 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 30 seen | advmod |
| 27 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 30 seen | mark |
| 28 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 seen | nsubj |
| 29 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 seen | aux |
| 30 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 17 had | conj |
| 31 | ’ | ' | ADP | _ | 32 Ndere | case |
| 32 | Ndere | Ndere | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 seen | obl |
| 33 | again | again | ADV | _ | 37 determined | advmod |
| 34 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 determined | nsubj |
| 35 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 determined | cop |
| 36 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 37 determined | advmod |
| 37 | determined | determined | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 seen | xcomp |
| 38 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 41 possess | mark |
| 39 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 41 possess | advmod |
| 40 | to | to | PART | _ | 41 possess | mark |
| 41 | possess | possess | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 determined | ccomp |
| 42 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 possess | obj |
| 43 | for | for | ADP | _ | 44 himself | case |
| 44 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 41 possess | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 began | punct |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 began | cc |
| 47 | at | at | ADP | _ | 48 once | case |
| 48 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 49 began | obl |
| 49 | began | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 had | parataxis |
| 50 | to | to | PART | _ | 51 plan | mark |
| 51 | plan | plan | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 49 began | xcomp |
| 52 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 55 kill | advmod |
| 53 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 55 kill | nsubj |
| 54 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 55 kill | aux |
| 55 | kill | kill | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 51 plan | ccomp |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 python | det |
| 57 | python | python | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 kill | obj |
| 58 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 59 induce | cc |
| 59 | induce | induce | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 49 began | conj |
| 60 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 61 Ndere | punct |
| 61 | Ndere | Ndere | PROPN | Number=Sing | 59 induce | obj |
| 62 | to | to | PART | _ | 63 marry | mark |
| 63 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 59 induce | advcl |
| 64 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 63 marry | obj |
| 65 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 had | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | escape | past · perfect · passive | the python | the trap obj | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | set | past · perfect · passive | the trap | for Chief; the chief nsubj:pass | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Patient for he=Beneficiary | ||||
| 3 | have | past | Chief | no intention | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent intention=Patient | ||||
| 4 | let | gerund | no intention not said here | Chief | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | go | infinitive | Chief not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | see | past · perfect | Chief | now | ' Ndere | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 7 | is | past | Chief | again | determined property | tree rules | |||
| 8 | possess | to-infinitive | Chief not said here | Ndere | ever | for Chief | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot she=Theme | ||
| 9 | begin | past | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||||
| 10 | plan | to-infinitive | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 11 | kill | should | Chief | the python | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent python=Theme | ||||
| 12 | induce | present | Ndere | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ndere=Patient | |||||
| 13 | marry | to-infinitive | Chief | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
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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