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Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxxi.--chief Kekong’s Daughter ’ndere Who Married a Python., part 2, sentence 6

As they could not discover who had killed the python, they met together and decided that for the future they would not make any more farms or live in the towns, as the men were jealous of them on account of the python having married ’Ndere.

Who acts: men, more farms, python · What happens: not discover, kill, meet, decide, not make, live · To what, where: python, more farms, towns, account · 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 (men, more farms, python), 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

marknsubjauxadvmodadvclnsubj:passauxccompdetobjpunctnsubjadvmodccconjmarkcasedetoblnsubjauxadvmodccompadvmodamodobjccacl:relclcasedetoblpunctmarkdetnsubjcopconjcaseoblcaseoblcasedetnmodaclxcompconjgoeswithpunctrootAsSCONJtheyPRONcouldAUXnotPARTdiscoverVERBwhoPRONhadAUXkilledVERBtheDETpythonNOUN,PUNCTtheyPRONmetVERBtogetherADVandCCONJdecidedVERBthatSCONJforADPtheDETfutureNOUNtheyPRONwouldAUXnotPARTmakeVERBanyADVmoreADJfarmsNOUNorCCONJliveVERBinADPtheDETtownsNOUN,PUNCTasSCONJtheDETmenNOUNwereAUXjealousADJofADPthemPRONonADPaccountNOUNofADPtheDETpythonNOUNhavingVERBmarriedVERB’XNderePROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AsasSCONJ_5 discovermark
2theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs5 discovernsubj
3couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin5 discoveraux
4notnotPARTPolarity=Neg5 discoveradvmod
5discoverdiscoverVERBVerbForm=Inf13 metadvcl
6whowhoPRONPronType=Rel8 killednsubj:pass
7hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 killedaux
8killedkillVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass5 discoverccomp
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 pythondet
10pythonpythonNOUNNumber=Sing8 killedobj
11,,PUNCT_13 metpunct
12theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs13 metnsubj
13metmeetVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
14togethertogetherADV_13 metadvmod
15andandCCONJ_16 decidedcc
16decideddecideVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin13 metconj
17thatthatSCONJ_24 makemark
18forforADP_20 futurecase
19thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art20 futuredet
20futurefutureNOUNNumber=Sing24 makeobl
21theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs24 makensubj
22wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin24 makeaux
23notnotPARTPolarity=Neg24 makeadvmod
24makemakeVERBVerbForm=Inf16 decidedccomp
25anyanyADV_26 moreadvmod
26moremoreADJDegree=Cmp27 farmsamod
27farmsfarmNOUNNumber=Plur24 makeobj
28ororCCONJ_29 livecc
29liveliveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin27 farmsacl:relcl
30ininADP_32 townscase
31thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art32 townsdet
32townstownNOUNNumber=Plur29 liveobl
33,,PUNCT_38 jealouspunct
34asasSCONJ_38 jealousmark
35thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art36 mendet
36menmanNOUNNumber=Plur38 jealousnsubj
37werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin38 jealouscop
38jealousjealousADJDegree=Pos24 makeconj
39ofofADP_40 themcase
40themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs38 jealousobl
41ononADP_42 accountcase
42accountaccountNOUNNumber=Sing38 jealousobl
43ofofADP_45 pythoncase
44thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art45 pythondet
45pythonpythonNOUNNumber=Sing42 accountnmod
46havinghaveVERBVerbForm=Ger45 pythonacl
47marriedmarryVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass46 havingxcomp
48’'X_47 marriedconj
49NdereNderePROPNNumber=Sing48 ’goeswith
50..PUNCT_13 metpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not discovercouldmen = manvn discover-84-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2killpast · perfect · passivethe pythonwho nsubj:passvn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer python=Result
3meetpastmen = mantogether propertyvn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4decidepastmen = man not said herevn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5not makewouldmen = manmore farmsfor the futurevn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent farm=Product for future=Asset
6livepresentmore farms not said herethe townsvn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in town=Location
7ispastthe menaccount of the pythonof towns = town; jealous propertytree rules
8havegerundthe python not said heretree rules
9marryparticiplethe python not said herevn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
10accountthe pythonnom account «communication transitive»: of=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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