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Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxxi.--chief Kekong’s Daughter ’ndere Who Married a Python., part 3, sentence 10

But your wife eat a monkey which you had killed and you eat a fish caught by your wife, and then, when I called your name, you ran away with your wife and left the hunting party, but I followed you all the way, and although you tried to kill me, I am here to give evidence against you, as I promised.”

Who acts: wife, you, I, your · What happens: eat, kill, catch, call, run away, leave · To what, where: monkey, fish, name, hunting party, you, me · 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 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wife, you, I, your), 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

ccnmod:possnsubjdetobjnsubj:passnsubj:passauxacl:relclccnsubjconjdetobjaclcasenmod:possoblpunctccadvmodpunctadvmodnsubjparataxisnmod:possobjpunctnsubjparataxisadvmodcasenmod:possoblccconjdetcompoundobjpunctccnsubjconjobjdet:predetdetobl:unmarkedpunctccmarknsubjconjmarkxcompobjpunctnsubjcopadvmodmarkadvclobjcasenmodpunctmarknsubjadvclpunctpunctrootButCCONJyourPRONwifeNOUNeatVERBaDETmonkeyNOUNwhichPRONyouPRONhadAUXkilledVERBandCCONJyouPRONeatVERBaDETfishNOUNcaughtVERBbyADPyourPRONwifeNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJthenADV,PUNCTwhenADVIPRONcalledVERByourPRONnameNOUN,PUNCTyouPRONranVERBawayADVwithADPyourPRONwifeNOUNandCCONJleftVERBtheDEThuntingNOUNpartyNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJIPRONfollowedVERByouPRONallDETtheDETwayNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJalthoughSCONJyouPRONtriedVERBtoPARTkillVERBmePRON,PUNCTIPRONamAUXhereADVtoPARTgiveVERBevidenceNOUNagainstADPyouPRON,PUNCTasSCONJIPRONpromisedVERB.PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ButbutCCONJ_4 eatcc
2youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs3 wifenmod:poss
3wifewifeNOUNNumber=Sing4 eatnsubj
4eateatVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 monkeydet
6monkeymonkeyNOUNNumber=Sing4 eatobj
7whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel10 killednsubj:pass
8youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs10 killednsubj:pass
9hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 killedaux
10killedkillVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass6 monkeyacl:relcl
11andandCCONJ_13 eatcc
12youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs13 eatnsubj
13eateatVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 eatconj
14aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art15 fishdet
15fishfishNOUNNumber=Sing13 eatobj
16caughtcatchVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass15 fishacl
17bybyADP_19 wifecase
18youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs19 wifenmod:poss
19wifewifeNOUNNumber=Sing16 caughtobl
20,,PUNCT_26 calledpunct
21andandCCONJ_26 calledcc
22thenthenADVPronType=Dem26 calledadvmod
23,,PUNCT_26 calledpunct
24whenwhenADVPronType=Int26 calledadvmod
25IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs26 callednsubj
26calledcallVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 eatparataxis
27youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs28 namenmod:poss
28namenameNOUNNumber=Sing26 calledobj
29,,PUNCT_31 ranpunct
30youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs31 rannsubj
31ranrunVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 eatparataxis
32awayawayADV_31 ranadvmod
33withwithADP_35 wifecase
34youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs35 wifenmod:poss
35wifewifeNOUNNumber=Sing31 ranobl
36andandCCONJ_37 leftcc
37leftleaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin31 ranconj
38thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art40 partydet
39huntinghuntingNOUNNumber=Sing40 partycompound
40partypartyNOUNNumber=Sing37 leftobj
41,,PUNCT_44 followedpunct
42butbutCCONJ_44 followedcc
43IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs44 followednsubj
44followedfollowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin31 ranconj
45youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs44 followedobj
46allallDETPronType=Tot48 waydet:predet
47thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art48 waydet
48waywayNOUNNumber=Sing44 followedobl:unmarked
49,,PUNCT_53 triedpunct
50andandCCONJ_53 triedcc
51althoughalthoughSCONJ_53 triedmark
52youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs53 triednsubj
53triedtryVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin31 ranconj
54totoPART_55 killmark
55killkillVERBVerbForm=Inf53 triedxcomp
56meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs55 killobj
57,,PUNCT_60 herepunct
58IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs60 herensubj
59ambeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin60 herecop
60herehereADVPronType=Dem4 eatadvmod
61totoPART_62 givemark
62givegiveVERBVerbForm=Inf60 hereadvcl
63evidenceevidenceNOUNNumber=Sing62 giveobj
64againstagainstADP_65 youcase
65youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs63 evidencenmod
66,,PUNCT_69 promisedpunct
67asasSCONJ_69 promisedmark
68IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs69 promisednsubj
69promisedpromiseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin62 giveadvcl
70..PUNCT_4 eatpunct
71”"PUNCT_4 eatpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1eatpresentyour wifea monkeyvn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent monkey=Patient
2killpast · perfect · passivea monkeyyou nsubj:passvn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3eatpresentyoua fishvn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Patient
4catchparticiplea fish not said hereby your wifevn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5callpastIyour namethenvn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient
6run awaypastyouwith your wife; away propertyvn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with wife=Material
7leavepastyou not said herethe hunting partyvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Theme
8followpastIyouall way obl:unmarkedvn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
9trypastyouvn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
10kill not said to happento-infinitiveyou not said heremevn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme
11ispresentIhere propertytree rules
12giveto-infinitiveI not said hereevidenceagainst youvn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evidence=Theme
13promise speech: promisepastIvn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
14nameyournom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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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