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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 took | nsubj |
| 2 | also | also | ADV | _ | 3 took | advmod |
| 3 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 took | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 Chief | case |
| 6 | Chief | Chief | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 took | obl |
| 7 | Kaku | Kaku | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Chief | flat |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 said | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 said | cc |
| 10 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 took | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 eat | punct |
| 12 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 eat | punct |
| 13 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 15 love | mark |
| 14 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 15 love | nsubj |
| 15 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 eat | advcl |
| 16 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 love | obj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 love | punct |
| 18 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 20 eat | nsubj |
| 19 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 20 eat | aux |
| 20 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 said | ccomp |
| 21 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 fish | nmod:poss |
| 22 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 eat | obj |
| 23 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 32 know | punct |
| 24 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 32 know | cc |
| 25 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 27 refuse | mark |
| 26 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 27 refuse | nsubj |
| 27 | refuse | refuse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 know | advcl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 refuse | punct |
| 29 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 32 know | advmod |
| 30 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 32 know | nsubj |
| 31 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 32 know | aux |
| 32 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 took | conj |
| 33 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 37 care | mark |
| 34 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 37 care | nsubj |
| 35 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 37 care | aux |
| 36 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 37 care | advmod |
| 37 | care | care | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 know | ccomp |
| 38 | for | for | ADP | _ | 39 me | case |
| 39 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 37 care | obl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 marry | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 marry | cc |
| 42 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 45 marry | nsubj |
| 43 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 45 marry | aux |
| 44 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 45 marry | advmod |
| 45 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 took | parataxis |
| 46 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 45 marry | obj |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 return | punct |
| 48 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 50 return | cc |
| 49 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 50 return | aux |
| 50 | return | return | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 45 marry | conj |
| 51 | at | at | ADP | _ | 52 once | case |
| 52 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 50 return | obl |
| 53 | to | to | ADP | _ | 55 father | case |
| 54 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 55 father | nmod:poss |
| 55 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 return | obl |
| 56 | at | at | ADP | _ | 57 Okuni | case |
| 57 | Okuni | Okuni | PROPN | Number=Sing | 50 return | obl |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 took | punct |
| 59 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 took | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | Ndere | some | Chief | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent some=Theme to chief=be' clause=Attribute | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Ndere not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | love a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | you | Ndere | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | eat in a quote | future | you | my fish | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Patient | ||||
| 5 | refuse a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | you | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | know in a quote | shall | Ndere | then | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 7 | not care in a quote | present · do-support | you | for Ndere | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for i=Theme | ||||
| 8 | not marry in a quote | shall | Ndere | you | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | ||||
| 9 | return in a quote | future | Ndere not said here | Okuni | to my father result | vn 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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