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Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxxi.--chief Kekong’s Daughter ’ndere Who Married a Python., part 3, sentence 63

Oyonga then asked the voice who it was speaking, and the voice replied, “I am Ode, Chief Okim’s son who was lost, as when I took the pot down some of the soup made from my father’s goat, which my sister had stolen, fell over me, so that when I tried to cross the river on the spider’s web it broke by the ordeal and I was lost in the water.”

Who acts: Oyonga, voice · What happens: ask, speak, reply, be, lose, take down · To what, where: voice, son, pot, soup, goat, river · 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 (Oyonga, voice), 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

nsubjadvmoddetobjnsubjnsubjauxacl:relclpunctccdetnsubjparataxispunctpunctnsubjcopnmod:posspunctconjflatcaseobjnsubjaux:passacl:relclpunctmarkadvmodnsubjconjdetobjcompound:prtobjcasedetnmodaclcasenmod:possnmod:posscaseoblpunctnsubj:passnmod:possnsubjauxacl:relclpunctparataxiscaseoblpunctmarkfixedadvmodnsubjconjmarkxcompdetobjcasedetnmod:posscaseoblnsubjacl:relclcasedetoblccnsubjaux:passconjcasedetoblpunctpunctrootOyongaPROPNthenADVaskedVERBtheDETvoiceNOUNwhoPRONitPRONwasAUXspeakingVERB,PUNCTandCCONJtheDETvoiceNOUNrepliedVERB,PUNCT“PUNCTIPRONamAUXOdePROPN,PUNCTChiefPROPNOkimPROPN’sPARTsonNOUNwhoPRONwasAUXlostVERB,PUNCTasSCONJwhenADVIPRONtookVERBtheDETpotNOUNdownADPsomeDETofADPtheDETsoupNOUNmadeVERBfromADPmyPRONfatherNOUN’sPARTgoatNOUN,PUNCTwhichPRONmyPRONsisterNOUNhadAUXstolenVERB,PUNCTfellVERBoverADPmePRON,PUNCTsoSCONJthatSCONJwhenADVIPRONtriedVERBtoPARTcrossVERBtheDETriverNOUNonADPtheDETspiderNOUN’sPARTwebNOUNitPRONbrokeVERBbyADPtheDETordealNOUNandCCONJIPRONwasAUXlostVERBinADPtheDETwaterNOUN.PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OyongaOyongaPROPNNumber=Sing3 askednsubj
2thenthenADVPronType=Dem3 askedadvmod
3askedaskVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 voicedet
5voicevoiceNOUNNumber=Sing3 askedobj
6whowhoPRONPronType=Rel9 speakingnsubj
7ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 speakingnsubj
8wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin9 speakingaux
9speakingspeakVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part5 voiceacl:relcl
10,,PUNCT_14 repliedpunct
11andandCCONJ_14 repliedcc
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 voicedet
13voicevoiceNOUNNumber=Sing14 repliednsubj
14repliedreplyVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 askedparataxis
15,,PUNCT_19 Odepunct
16“"PUNCT_19 Odepunct
17IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs19 Odensubj
18ambeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin19 Odecop
19OdeOdePROPNNumber=Sing24 sonnmod:poss
20,,PUNCT_21 Chiefpunct
21ChiefChiefPROPNNumber=Sing19 Odeconj
22OkimOkimPROPNNumber=Sing21 Chiefflat
23’s'sPART_19 Odecase
24sonsonNOUNNumber=Sing14 repliedobj
25whowhoPRONPronType=Rel27 lostnsubj
26wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin27 lostaux:pass
27lostloseVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass24 sonacl:relcl
28,,PUNCT_32 tookpunct
29asasSCONJ_32 tookmark
30whenwhenADVPronType=Int32 tookadvmod
31IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs32 tooknsubj
32tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 askedconj
33thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art34 potdet
34potpotNOUNNumber=Sing32 tookobj
35downdownADP_32 tookcompound:prt
36somesomeDETPronType=Ind32 tookobj
37ofofADP_39 soupcase
38thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art39 soupdet
39soupsoupNOUNNumber=Sing36 somenmod
40mademakeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass39 soupacl
41fromfromADP_45 goatcase
42mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs43 fathernmod:poss
43fatherfatherNOUNNumber=Sing45 goatnmod:poss
44’s'sPART_43 fathercase
45goatgoatNOUNNumber=Sing40 madeobl
46,,PUNCT_51 stolenpunct
47whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel51 stolennsubj:pass
48mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs49 sisternmod:poss
49sistersisterNOUNNumber=Sing51 stolennsubj
50hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin51 stolenaux
51stolenstealVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass45 goatacl:relcl
52,,PUNCT_53 fellpunct
53fellfallVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 askedparataxis
54overoverADP_55 mecase
55meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs53 fellobl
56,,PUNCT_61 triedpunct
57sosoSCONJExtPos=SCONJ61 triedmark
58thatthatSCONJ_57 sofixed
59whenwhenADVPronType=Int61 triedadvmod
60IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs61 triednsubj
61triedtryVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin53 fellconj
62totoPART_63 crossmark
63crosscrossVERBVerbForm=Inf61 triedxcomp
64thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art65 riverdet
65riverriverNOUNNumber=Sing63 crossobj
66ononADP_70 webcase
67thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art68 spiderdet
68spiderspiderNOUNNumber=Sing70 webnmod:poss
69’s'sPART_68 spidercase
70webwebNOUNNumber=Sing63 crossobl
71ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs72 brokensubj
72brokebreakVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin70 webacl:relcl
73bybyADP_75 ordealcase
74thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art75 ordealdet
75ordealordealNOUNNumber=Sing72 brokeobl
76andandCCONJ_79 lostcc
77IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs79 lostnsubj
78wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin79 lostaux:pass
79lostloseVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass53 fellconj
80ininADP_82 watercase
81thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art82 waterdet
82waterwaterNOUNNumber=Sing79 lostobl
83..PUNCT_3 askedpunct
84”"PUNCT_3 askedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ask speech: askpastOyongathe voicethenvn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent voice=Recipient clause=Topic
2speak speech: otherpast · progressivethe voicevn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3reply speech: assertpastthe voiceOde and Chief's sonvn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent son=Topic
4is in a quotepresentOyonga's Ode and Chief; Chief conjtree rules
5lose in a quotepast · passiveOde and Chief's sonvn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
6take down in a quotepastOyongathe pottree rules
7make in a quoteparticiplethe soup not said herefrom my father's goatvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from goat=Material
8steal in a quotepast · perfect · passivemy father's goatmy sister nsubjvn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
9fall in a quotepastover Oyongavn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme over i=Location
10try in a quotepastOyongavn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
11cross not said to happen, in a quoteto-infinitiveOyonga not said herethe riverthe spider's webvn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Patient
12break in a quotepastvoicethe spider's web not said hereby the ordealvn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer web=Patient
13lose in a quotepast · passiveOyongathe watervn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

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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