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Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Iv.--how Elili of Inkum Died, and Was Brought Back to Life Again., sentence 10

The following day, as soon as it was light, Oga started off again for the grave, and cried more, and by sundown her mother’s head and shoulders had appeared.

Who acts: grave, Oga, head · What happens: follow, be, start off, cry, appear · To what, where: more

This is a sentence of «Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria» by Elphinstone Dayrell, Iv.--how Elili of Inkum Died, and Was Brought Back to Life Again.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (grave, Oga, head), 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

detamodobl:unmarkedpunctadvmodadvmodmarknsubjcopadvclpunctnsubjcompound:prtadvmodcasedetoblpunctccparataxisobjpunctcccaseoblnmod:possnmod:posscasensubjccconjauxconjpunctrootTheDETfollowingVERBdayNOUN,PUNCTasADVsoonADVasSCONJitPRONwasAUXlightADJ,PUNCTOgaPROPNstartedVERBoffADPagainADVforADPtheDETgraveNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJcriedVERBmoreADJ,PUNCTandCCONJbyADPsundownNOUNherPRONmotherNOUN’sPARTheadNOUNandCCONJshouldersNOUNhadAUXappearedVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 daydet
2followingfollowVERBVerbForm=Ger3 dayamod
3daydayNOUNNumber=Sing13 startedobl:unmarked
4,,PUNCT_6 soonpunct
5asasADV_6 soonadvmod
6soonsoonADVDegree=Pos3 dayadvmod
7asasSCONJ_10 lightmark
8ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 lightnsubj
9wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 lightcop
10lightlightADJDegree=Pos6 soonadvcl
11,,PUNCT_3 daypunct
12OgaOgaPROPNNumber=Sing13 startednsubj
13startedstartVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
14offoffADP_13 startedcompound:prt
15againagainADV_13 startedadvmod
16forforADP_18 gravecase
17thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 gravedet
18gravegraveNOUNNumber=Sing13 startedobl
19,,PUNCT_21 criedpunct
20andandCCONJ_21 criedcc
21criedcryVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin13 startedparataxis
22moremoreADJDegree=Cmp21 criedobj
23,,PUNCT_34 appearedpunct
24andandCCONJ_34 appearedcc
25bybyADP_26 sundowncase
26sundownsundownNOUNNumber=Sing34 appearedobl
27herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs28 mothernmod:poss
28mothermotherNOUNNumber=Sing30 headnmod:poss
29’s'sPART_28 mothercase
30headheadNOUNNumber=Sing34 appearednsubj
31andandCCONJ_32 shoulderscc
32shouldersshoulderNOUNNumber=Plur30 headconj
33hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin34 appearedaux
34appearedappearVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part21 criedconj
35..PUNCT_13 startedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1followgerundvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2ispastgravelight propertytree rules
3start offpastOgaagain; dayfor the gravevn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
4cry speech: expresspastmorevn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Topic
5appearpast · perfectOga's mother's head and shouldersby sundownvn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by sundown=Location

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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