Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Iv.--how Elili of Inkum Died, and Was Brought Back to Life Again., sentence 6
When it was time to hand the food round, Aikor always gave her daughter Nagor the best food, and only gave a very small portion to Oga, as she was a very jealous woman, and disliked Elili and her daughter.
Who acts: food, Aikor · What happens: be, hand, give, dislike · To what, where: time, food, best food, daughter, small portion, Oga
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 (food, Aikor), 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 | SCONJ | _ | 4 time | mark |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 time | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 time | cop |
| 4 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 gave | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 hand | mark |
| 6 | hand | hand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 time | acl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 food | det |
| 8 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hand | obj |
| 9 | round | round | ADV | _ | 6 hand | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 time | punct |
| 11 | Aikor | Aikor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 gave | nsubj |
| 12 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 13 gave | advmod |
| 13 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 15 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 gave | iobj |
| 16 | Nagor | Nagor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 daughter | appos |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 food | det |
| 18 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 19 food | amod |
| 19 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 gave | obj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 gave | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 gave | cc |
| 22 | only | only | ADV | _ | 23 gave | advmod |
| 23 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 gave | conj |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 portion | det |
| 25 | very | very | ADV | _ | 26 small | advmod |
| 26 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 portion | amod |
| 27 | portion | portion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 gave | obj |
| 28 | to | to | ADP | _ | 29 Oga | case |
| 29 | Oga | Oga | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 portion | nmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 woman | punct |
| 31 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 37 woman | mark |
| 32 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 woman | nsubj |
| 33 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 woman | cop |
| 34 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 37 woman | det |
| 35 | very | very | ADV | _ | 36 jealous | advmod |
| 36 | jealous | jealous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 woman | amod |
| 37 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 gave | obl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 disliked | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 disliked | cc |
| 40 | disliked | dislike | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 gave | conj |
| 41 | Elili | Elili | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 disliked | obj |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 daughter | cc |
| 43 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 44 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 Elili | conj |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 gave | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | food | time | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hand | to-infinitive | Aikor not said here | the food | round property | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme | |||
| 3 | give | past | Aikor | the best food | Aikor's daughter | always property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Recipient food=Theme | ||
| 4 | give | past | Aikor not said here | a small portion | Oga | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent portion=Theme to oga=Recipient | |||
| 5 | is a | past | Aikor | a jealous woman | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | dislike | past | Aikor not said here | Elili and Aikor's daughter | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer elili=Stimulus |
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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