Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Iv.--how Elili of Inkum Died, and Was Brought Back to Life Again., sentence 39

Then the head chief remembered that Indoma had been very fond of a boy named Edim, so they caught him, and, having tied him up, placed him in the grave near the dead chief’s head, so that he and the other four young men should be able to work for their master in the spirit land.

Who acts: head chief, Indoma, boys · What happens: remember, be, name, catch, tie up, place · To what, where: boy, Indoma, grave, spirit land

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 chief, Indoma, boys), 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	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 remembered	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 chief	det
3	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chief	compound
4	chief	chief	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 remembered	nsubj
5	remembered	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 fond	mark
7	Indoma	Indoma	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 fond	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 fond	aux
9	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 fond	cop
10	very	very	ADV	_	11 fond	advmod
11	fond	fond	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 remembered	ccomp
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 boy	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 boy	det
14	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fond	obl
15	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 boy	acl
16	Edim	Edim	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 named	xcomp
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 caught	punct
18	so	so	ADV	_	20 caught	advmod
19	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 caught	nsubj
20	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 remembered	conj
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 caught	obj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 tied	punct
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 tied	cc
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 and	punct
25	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	26 tied	aux
26	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 remembered	conj
27	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 tied	obj
28	up	up	ADP	_	26 tied	compound:prt
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 placed	punct
30	placed	place	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 remembered	conj
31	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 placed	obj
32	in	in	ADP	_	34 grave	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 grave	det
34	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 placed	obl
35	near	near	ADP	_	40 head	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 chief	det
37	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 chief	amod
38	chief	chief	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 head	nmod:poss
39	’s	's	PART	_	38 chief	case
40	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 placed	obl
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 able	punct
42	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	53 able	mark
43	that	that	SCONJ	_	42 so	fixed
44	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 able	nsubj
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 able	cc
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 men	det
47	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 men	amod
48	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	50 men	nummod
49	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 men	amod
50	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 able	nsubj
51	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	53 able	aux
52	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	53 able	cop
53	able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 placed	parataxis
54	to	to	PART	_	55 work	mark
55	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	53 able	xcomp
56	for	for	ADP	_	58 master	case
57	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	58 master	nmod:poss
58	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 work	obl
59	in	in	ADP	_	62 land	case
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 land	det
61	spirit	spirit	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 land	compound
62	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 work	obl
63	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 remembered	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remember	past	the head chief			then		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	is	past · perfect	Indoma				of a boy; fond property	tree rules
3	name	participle		a boy not said here			Edim xcomp	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	catch	past	boys = boy	Indoma				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
5	tie up	gerund · perfect	the head chief not said here	Indoma				vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
6	place	past	the head chief not said here	Indoma	the grave		near the dead chief's head	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in grave=Destination
7	is	should	Indoma				the other four young men nsubj; able property	tree rules
8	work	to-infinitive	Indoma not said here		the spirit land		for boys's master	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for master=Beneficiary

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 39

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Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Iv.--how Elili of Inkum Died, and Was Brought Back to Life Again., sentence 39