Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, E. Dayrell., sentence 46
The people then suggested giving some cocks and hens to the hawk, to which he replied that, although he would not accept them for Agbor, they were getting nearer to what he possibly might accept.
Who acts: people, HAWK · What happens: suggest, give, reply, not accept, get, accept · To what, where: cocks, hawk, that, people
This is a sentence of «Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria» by Elphinstone Dayrell, E. Dayrell.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (people, HAWK), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 people | det |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 suggested | nsubj |
| 3 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 suggested | advmod |
| 4 | suggested | suggest | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | giving | give | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 suggested | xcomp |
| 6 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 cocks | det |
| 7 | cocks | cock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 giving | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 hens | cc |
| 9 | hens | hen | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 cocks | conj |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 hawk | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 hawk | det |
| 12 | hawk | hawk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 giving | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 replied | punct |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 which | case |
| 15 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 replied | obl |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 replied | nsubj |
| 17 | replied | reply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 suggested | parataxis |
| 18 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 17 replied | obj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 accept | punct |
| 20 | although | although | SCONJ | _ | 24 accept | mark |
| 21 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 accept | nsubj |
| 22 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 24 accept | aux |
| 23 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 24 accept | advmod |
| 24 | accept | accept | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 replied | conj |
| 25 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 accept | obj |
| 26 | for | for | ADP | _ | 27 Agbor | case |
| 27 | Agbor | Agbor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 accept | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 getting | punct |
| 29 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 getting | nsubj |
| 30 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 getting | aux |
| 31 | getting | get | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 suggested | advcl |
| 32 | nearer | near | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 31 getting | xcomp |
| 33 | to | to | ADP | _ | 34 what | case |
| 34 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 32 nearer | obl |
| 35 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 accept | nsubj |
| 36 | possibly | possibly | ADV | _ | 38 accept | advmod |
| 37 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 38 accept | aux |
| 38 | accept | accept | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 what | acl:relcl |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 suggested | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | suggest speech: suggest | past | the people | then | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | give | gerund | the people not said here | some cocks and hens | the hawk | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent cock=Theme to hawk=Recipient | |||
| 3 | reply speech: assert | past | HAWK | that | which obl | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent that=Topic to which=Recipient | |||
| 4 | not accept | would | HAWK | people | for Agbor | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | |||
| 5 | get | past · progressive | people | near property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 6 | accept | might | HAWK | possibly property | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=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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