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Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxxi.--chief Kekong’s Daughter ’ndere Who Married a Python., part 2, sentence 15

She also took some to Chief Kaku, and said, “If you love me, you will eat my fish; but if you refuse, then I shall know that you do not care for me, and I shall not marry you, but will return at once to my father at Okuni.”

Who acts: Ndere, you · What happens: take, say, love, eat, refuse, know · To what, where: some, Chief, Ndere, fish, you, Okuni · 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 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ndere, you), 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

nsubjadvmodobjcaseoblflatpunctccconjpunctpunctmarknsubjadvclobjpunctnsubjauxccompnmod:possobjpunctccmarknsubjadvclpunctadvmodnsubjauxconjmarknsubjauxadvmodccompcaseoblpunctccnsubjauxadvmodparataxisobjpunctccauxconjcaseoblcasenmod:possoblcaseoblpunctpunctrootShePRONalsoADVtookVERBsomeDETtoADPChiefPROPNKakuPROPN,PUNCTandCCONJsaidVERB,PUNCT“PUNCTIfSCONJyouPRONloveVERBmePRON,PUNCTyouPRONwillAUXeatVERBmyPRONfishNOUN;PUNCTbutCCONJifSCONJyouPRONrefuseVERB,PUNCTthenADVIPRONshallAUXknowVERBthatSCONJyouPRONdoAUXnotPARTcareVERBforADPmePRON,PUNCTandCCONJIPRONshallAUXnotPARTmarryVERByouPRON,PUNCTbutCCONJwillAUXreturnVERBatADPonceADVtoADPmyPRONfatherNOUNatADPOkuniPROPN.PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 tooknsubj
2alsoalsoADV_3 tookadvmod
3tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4somesomeDETPronType=Ind3 tookobj
5totoADP_6 Chiefcase
6ChiefChiefPROPNNumber=Sing3 tookobl
7KakuKakuPROPNNumber=Sing6 Chiefflat
8,,PUNCT_10 saidpunct
9andandCCONJ_10 saidcc
10saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 tookconj
11,,PUNCT_20 eatpunct
12“"PUNCT_20 eatpunct
13IfifSCONJ_15 lovemark
14youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs15 lovensubj
15loveloveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin20 eatadvcl
16meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs15 loveobj
17,,PUNCT_15 lovepunct
18youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs20 eatnsubj
19willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin20 eataux
20eateatVERBVerbForm=Inf10 saidccomp
21mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs22 fishnmod:poss
22fishfishNOUNNumber=Sing20 eatobj
23;;PUNCT_32 knowpunct
24butbutCCONJ_32 knowcc
25ififSCONJ_27 refusemark
26youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs27 refusensubj
27refuserefuseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin32 knowadvcl
28,,PUNCT_27 refusepunct
29thenthenADVPronType=Dem32 knowadvmod
30IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs32 knownsubj
31shallshallAUXVerbForm=Fin32 knowaux
32knowknowVERBVerbForm=Inf3 tookconj
33thatthatSCONJ_37 caremark
34youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs37 carensubj
35dodoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin37 careaux
36notnotPARTPolarity=Neg37 careadvmod
37carecareVERBVerbForm=Inf32 knowccomp
38forforADP_39 mecase
39meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs37 careobl
40,,PUNCT_45 marrypunct
41andandCCONJ_45 marrycc
42IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs45 marrynsubj
43shallshallAUXVerbForm=Fin45 marryaux
44notnotPARTPolarity=Neg45 marryadvmod
45marrymarryVERBVerbForm=Inf3 tookparataxis
46youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs45 marryobj
47,,PUNCT_50 returnpunct
48butbutCCONJ_50 returncc
49willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin50 returnaux
50returnreturnVERBVerbForm=Inf45 marryconj
51atatADP_52 oncecase
52onceonceADVNumForm=Word NumType=Mult50 returnobl
53totoADP_55 fathercase
54mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs55 fathernmod:poss
55fatherfatherNOUNNumber=Sing50 returnobl
56atatADP_57 Okunicase
57OkuniOkuniPROPNNumber=Sing50 returnobl
58..PUNCT_3 tookpunct
59”"PUNCT_3 tookpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1takepastNderesomeChiefvn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent some=Theme to chief=be' clause=Attribute
2say speech: assertpastNdere not said herevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3love a condition, not said to happen, in a quotepresentyouNderevn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus
4eat in a quotefutureyoumy fishvn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Patient
5refuse a condition, not said to happen, in a quotepresentyouvn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
6know in a quoteshallNderethenvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
7not care in a quotepresent · do-supportyoufor Nderevn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for i=Theme
8not marry in a quoteshallNdereyouvn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient
9return in a quotefutureNdere not said hereOkunito my father resultvn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to father=Result

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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