Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Iv.--how Elili of Inkum Died, and Was Brought Back to Life Again., sentence 20

After crying bitterly for three days, her mother began to come out of the grave, and on the fourth day, when Aikor’s head and shoulders were showing above the ground, Nagor was so anxious to get her mother out altogether that she caught hold of her head and pulled with all her might, with the result that she pulled her mother’s head off her shoulders.

Who acts: mother, head, Nagor · What happens: cry, begin, come out, show, be, get out · To what, where: grave, ground, mother, hold, head, shoulders

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 (mother, head, Nagor), 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	After	after	SCONJ	_	2 crying	mark
2	crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 began	advcl
3	bitterly	bitterly	ADV	_	2 crying	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 days	case
5	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 days	nummod
6	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 crying	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 crying	punct
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 mother	nmod:poss
9	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 began	nsubj
10	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	to	to	PART	_	12 come	mark
12	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 began	xcomp
13	out	out	ADP	_	16 grave	case
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 grave	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 grave	det
16	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 come	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 anxious	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 anxious	cc
19	on	on	ADP	_	22 day	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 day	det
21	fourth	fourth	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	22 day	amod
22	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 anxious	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 showing	punct
24	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	31 showing	advmod
25	Aikor	Aikor	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 head	nmod:poss
26	’s	's	PART	_	25 Aikor	case
27	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 showing	nsubj
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 shoulders	cc
29	shoulders	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 head	conj
30	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 showing	aux
31	showing	show	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	22 day	acl
32	above	above	ADP	_	34 ground	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 ground	det
34	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 showing	obl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 day	punct
36	Nagor	Nagor	PROPN	Number=Sing	39 anxious	nsubj
37	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 anxious	cop
38	so	so	ADV	_	39 anxious	advmod
39	anxious	anxious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 began	parataxis
40	to	to	PART	_	41 get	mark
41	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	39 anxious	xcomp
42	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	43 mother	nmod:poss
43	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 get	obj
44	out	out	ADV	_	41 get	advmod
45	altogether	altogether	ADV	_	41 get	advmod
46	that	that	SCONJ	_	48 caught	mark
47	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 caught	nsubj
48	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 anxious	advcl
49	hold	hold	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 caught	obj
50	of	of	ADP	_	52 head	case
51	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	52 head	nmod:poss
52	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 hold	nmod
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 pulled	cc
54	pulled	pull	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	48 caught	conj
55	with	with	SCONJ	_	58 might	mark
56	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	58 might	det:predet
57	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	58 might	nmod:poss
58	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	54 pulled	advcl
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 result	punct
60	with	with	ADP	_	62 result	case
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 result	det
62	result	result	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 began	parataxis
63	that	that	SCONJ	_	65 pulled	mark
64	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	65 pulled	nsubj
65	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	62 result	advcl
66	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	67 mother	nmod:poss
67	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 head	nmod:poss
68	’s	's	PART	_	67 mother	case
69	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 pulled	obj
70	off	off	ADP	_	72 shoulders	case
71	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	72 shoulders	nmod:poss
72	shoulders	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Plur	65 pulled	obl
73	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 began	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	gerund	Nagor's mother not said here			day	bitterly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	begin	past	Nagor's mother				the result parataxis	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	come out	to-infinitive	Nagor's mother not said here	the grave				vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient grave=Result
4	show	past · progressive	Aikor's head and shoulders		the ground			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	is	past	Nagor			day	anxious property	tree rules
6	get out	to-infinitive	Nagor not said here	Nagor's mother			altogether, out property	tree rules
7	catch	past	Nagor	hold of Nagor's head				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Theme
8	pull	participle	Nagor not said here					vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	pull	past	Nagor	Nagor's mother's head	Nagor's shoulders			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent head=Theme off shoulder=Initial_Location
10	hold			Nagor's head				nom hold «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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🌲 Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Iv.--how Elili of Inkum Died, and Was Brought Back to Life Again., sentence 20

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Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Iv.--how Elili of Inkum Died, and Was Brought Back to Life Again., sentence 20