Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Iv.--how Elili of Inkum Died, and Was Brought Back to Life Again., sentence 12
As it was dusk at the time, Oga led her mother to the back of the house, and hid her in a small room which was used only for storing yams and baskets.
Who acts: head, Oga · What happens: be, lead, hide, use, store · To what, where: mother, back, Oga, small room, yams
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 (head, Oga), 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 | As | as | ADP | _ | 4 dusk | case |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 dusk | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 dusk | cop |
| 4 | dusk | dusk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 led | obl |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 time | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 time | det |
| 7 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dusk | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 dusk | punct |
| 9 | Oga | Oga | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 led | nsubj |
| 10 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 mother | nmod:poss |
| 12 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 led | obj |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 back | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 back | det |
| 15 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 led | obl |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 house | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 house | det |
| 18 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 back | nmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 hid | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 hid | cc |
| 21 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 led | conj |
| 22 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 hid | obj |
| 23 | in | in | ADP | _ | 26 room | case |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 room | det |
| 25 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 room | amod |
| 26 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 hid | obl |
| 27 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 29 used | nsubj:pass |
| 28 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 used | aux:pass |
| 29 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 26 room | acl:relcl |
| 30 | only | only | ADV | _ | 32 storing | advmod |
| 31 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 32 storing | mark |
| 32 | storing | store | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 29 used | advcl |
| 33 | yams | yam | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 storing | obj |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 baskets | cc |
| 35 | baskets | basket | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 yams | conj |
| 36 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 led | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | head | time | as dusk | tree rules | |||
| 2 | lead | past | Oga | Oga's mother | the back of the house | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent mother=Theme to back=Destination | |||
| 3 | hide | past | Oga not said here | Oga | a small room | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Patient in room=Location | |||
| 4 | use | past · passive | a small room | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 5 | store | gerund | yams and baskets | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yam=Theme |
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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