Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Iv.--how Elili of Inkum Died, and Was Brought Back to Life Again., sentence 29
When he arrived at the Cross River, he established the five compounds which still exist, and ruled over all the people.
Who acts: Chief, five compounds · What happens: arrive, establish, exist, rule over · To what, where: Cross River, five compounds, people
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 (Chief, five compounds), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 arrived | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 arrived | nsubj |
| 3 | arrived | arrive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 established | advcl |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 River | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 River | det |
| 6 | Cross | Cross | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 River | compound |
| 7 | River | River | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 arrived | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 arrived | punct |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 established | nsubj |
| 10 | established | establish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 compounds | det |
| 12 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 compounds | nummod |
| 13 | compounds | compound | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 established | obj |
| 14 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 exist | nsubj |
| 15 | still | still | ADV | _ | 16 exist | advmod |
| 16 | exist | exist | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 compounds | acl:relcl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 ruled | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 ruled | cc |
| 19 | ruled | rule | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 established | conj |
| 20 | over | over | ADV | _ | 19 ruled | advmod |
| 21 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 23 people | det:predet |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 people | det |
| 23 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 ruled | obj |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 established | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | arrive | past | Chief | the Cross River | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | establish | past | Chief | the five compounds | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent compound=Patient | ||||
| 3 | exist | present | the five compounds | still | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | rule over | past | Chief not said here | all people | over property | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent people=Result |
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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