Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxxi.--chief Kekong’s Daughter ’ndere Who Married a Python., part 2, sentence 58

Agbor also said he was so frightened that he had come to ask her to run home with him, and he would then consult the lot caster as to what should be done before the chief arrived, as he felt certain the bird must have seen what they had done and would tell everybody.

Who acts: Agbor, chief, men · What happens: say, be, come, ask, run, consult · To what, where: AGBOR, wife, lot caster, bird, everybody · 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 (Agbor, chief, men), 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	Agbor	Agbor	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
2	also	also	ADV	_	3 said	advmod
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 frightened	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 frightened	cop
6	so	so	ADV	_	7 frightened	advmod
7	frightened	frightened	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 said	ccomp
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 come	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 come	nsubj
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 come	aux
11	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 frightened	advcl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 ask	mark
13	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 come	advcl
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 ask	iobj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 run	mark
16	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 ask	xcomp
17	home	home	ADV	_	16 run	advmod
18	with	with	ADP	_	19 him	case
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 run	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 consult	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 consult	cc
22	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 consult	nsubj
23	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	25 consult	aux
24	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	25 consult	advmod
25	consult	consult	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 said	conj
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 caster	det
27	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 caster	compound
28	caster	caster	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 consult	obj
29	as	as	SCONJ	_	34 done	mark
30	to	to	ADP	_	29 as	fixed
31	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	34 done	obj
32	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	34 done	aux
33	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	34 done	aux:pass
34	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	25 consult	advcl
35	before	before	SCONJ	_	38 arrived	mark
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 chief	det
37	chief	chief	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 arrived	nsubj
38	arrived	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 done	advcl
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 felt	punct
40	as	as	SCONJ	_	42 felt	mark
41	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 felt	nsubj
42	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	conj
43	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 felt	xcomp
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 bird	det
45	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 seen	nsubj:pass
46	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	48 seen	aux
47	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	48 seen	aux
48	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	42 felt	ccomp
49	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	52 done	obj
50	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 done	nsubj
51	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	52 done	aux
52	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	48 seen	xcomp
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 tell	cc
54	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	55 tell	aux
55	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	48 seen	conj
56	everybody	everybody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	55 tell	obj
57	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Agbor					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past · passive		AGBOR			frightened property	tree rules
3	come	past · perfect	AGBOR					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	ask speech: ask	to-infinitive	AGBOR not said here		wife			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
5	run not said to happen	to-infinitive	AGBOR not said here				with AGBOR; home property	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with he=Material
6	consult	would	AGBOR	the lot caster		then		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent caster=Theme
7	do	should · passive	AGBOR not said here				what obj	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: what=Eventuality
8	arrive	past	the chief					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	feel	past	Chief				certain property	vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
10	see	must · perfect · passive		the bird				tree rules
11	do	past · perfect	men = man				what obj	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
12	tell speech: assert	would			everybody			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everybody=Recipient

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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🌲 Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxxi.--chief Kekong’s Daughter ’ndere Who Married a Python., part 2, sentence 58

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Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxxi.--chief Kekong’s Daughter ’ndere Who Married a Python., part 2, sentence 58