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Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Iv.--how Elili of Inkum Died, and Was Brought Back to Life Again., sentence 14

Her father then gave her a piece of cloth, and Oga took him to the room where Elili was hiding, and said, “Here is my mother, who I have got alive again out of the grave.”

Who acts: father, Oga, Elili, mother · What happens: give, take, hide, say, be, get · To what, where: piece, Oga, father, room, grave · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (father, Oga, Elili, mother), 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

nmod:possnsubjadvmodiobjdetobjcasenmodpunctccnsubjconjobjcasedetobladvmodnsubjauxacl:relclpunctccconjpunctpunctccompcopnmod:possnsubjpunctnsubjnsubjauxccompxcompadvmodcasecasedetoblpunctpunctrootHerPRONfatherNOUNthenADVgaveVERBherPRONaDETpieceNOUNofADPclothNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJOgaPROPNtookVERBhimPRONtoADPtheDETroomNOUNwhereADVEliliPROPNwasAUXhidingVERB,PUNCTandCCONJsaidVERB,PUNCT“PUNCTHereADVisAUXmyPRONmotherNOUN,PUNCTwhoPRONIPRONhaveAUXgotVERBaliveADJagainADVoutADPofADPtheDETgraveNOUN.PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HerherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 fathernmod:poss
2fatherfatherNOUNNumber=Sing4 gavensubj
3thenthenADVPronType=Dem4 gaveadvmod
4gavegiveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 gaveiobj
6aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art7 piecedet
7piecepieceNOUNNumber=Sing4 gaveobj
8ofofADP_9 clothcase
9clothclothNOUNNumber=Sing7 piecenmod
10,,PUNCT_13 tookpunct
11andandCCONJ_13 tookcc
12OgaOgaPROPNNumber=Sing13 tooknsubj
13tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 gaveconj
14himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs13 tookobj
15totoADP_17 roomcase
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art17 roomdet
17roomroomNOUNNumber=Sing13 tookobl
18wherewhereADVPronType=Rel21 hidingadvmod
19EliliEliliPROPNNumber=Sing21 hidingnsubj
20wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin21 hidingaux
21hidinghideVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part17 roomacl:relcl
22,,PUNCT_24 saidpunct
23andandCCONJ_24 saidcc
24saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 gaveconj
25,,PUNCT_27 Herepunct
26“"PUNCT_27 Herepunct
27HerehereADVPronType=Dem24 saidccomp
28isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin27 Herecop
29mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs30 mothernmod:poss
30mothermotherNOUNNumber=Sing35 gotnsubj
31,,PUNCT_35 gotpunct
32whowhoPRONPronType=Rel35 gotnsubj
33IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs35 gotnsubj
34havehaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin35 gotaux
35gotgetVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part24 saidccomp
36alivealiveADJDegree=Pos35 gotxcomp
37againagainADV_35 gotadvmod
38outoutADP_41 gravecase
39ofofADP_41 gravecase
40thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art41 gravedet
41gravegraveNOUNNumber=Sing35 gotobl
42..PUNCT_4 gavepunct
43”"PUNCT_4 gavepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1givepastOga's fathera piece of clothOgathenvn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient piece=Theme
2takepastOgafatherthe roomvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to room=Destination
3hidepast · progressiveElilivn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4say speech: assertpastOga's father not said herevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5is in a quotepresenthere propertytree rules
6get in a quotepresent · perfectmy motherthe graveagainwho nsubj; I nsubj; alive propertyvn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme out grave=Destination

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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