Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Iv.--how Elili of Inkum Died, and Was Brought Back to Life Again., sentence 16
Very soon after the return of Elili from the grave, Aikor died, leaving her daughter Nagor in the charge of Elili and Oga.
Who acts: Aikor, Elili · What happens: die, leave, return, charge · To what, where: daughter, charge, grave, Elili
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 (Aikor, Elili), 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 | Very | very | ADV | _ | 2 soon | advmod |
| 2 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 13 died | advmod |
| 3 | after | after | ADP | _ | 5 return | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 return | det |
| 5 | return | return | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 soon | obl |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 Elili | case |
| 7 | Elili | Elili | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 return | nmod |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 grave | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 grave | det |
| 10 | grave | grave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 return | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 died | punct |
| 12 | Aikor | Aikor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 died | nsubj |
| 13 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 leaving | punct |
| 15 | leaving | leave | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 died | advcl |
| 16 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 17 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 leaving | obj |
| 18 | Nagor | Nagor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 daughter | appos |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 charge | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 charge | det |
| 21 | charge | charge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 leaving | obl |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 Elili | case |
| 23 | Elili | Elili | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 charge | nmod |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 Oga | cc |
| 25 | Oga | Oga | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 Elili | conj |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 died | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die | past | Aikor | soon property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | leave | gerund | Aikor not said here | Aikor's daughter | the charge of Elili and Oga | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme in charge=Location | |||
| 3 | return | Elili | the grave | nom return «communication intransitive»: of=agent from=place | |||||
| 4 | charge | Elili and Oga | nom charge «act transitive»: of=patient |
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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