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Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Iv.--how Elili of Inkum Died, and Was Brought Back to Life Again., sentence 7

This went on for some time, until one day Oga took the food which was not sufficient for her to her mother’s grave, and sat there crying and calling for her mother until the evening came, when she went home.

Who acts: This, one day, food, evening, Oga · What happens: go on, take, not be, sit, cry, call · To what, where: food · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (This, one day, food, evening), 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

nsubjcompound:prtcasedetoblpunctmarknummodnsubjapposparataxisdetobjnsubjcopadvmodacl:relclcaseoblcasenmod:possnmod:posscaseoblpunctccconjadvmodadvclccconjcasenmod:possoblmarkdetnsubjadvclpunctadvmodnsubjconjadvmodpunctrootThisPRONwentVERBonADPforADPsomeDETtimeNOUN,PUNCTuntilSCONJoneNUMdayNOUNOgaPROPNtookVERBtheDETfoodNOUNwhichPRONwasAUXnotPARTsufficientADJforADPherPRONtoADPherPRONmotherNOUN’sPARTgraveNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJsatVERBthereADVcryingVERBandCCONJcallingVERBforADPherPRONmotherNOUNuntilSCONJtheDETeveningNOUNcameVERB,PUNCTwhenADVshePRONwentVERBhomeADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThisthisPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem2 wentnsubj
2wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3ononADP_2 wentcompound:prt
4forforADP_6 timecase
5somesomeDETPronType=Ind6 timedet
6timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing2 wentobl
7,,PUNCT_12 tookpunct
8untiluntilSCONJ_12 tookmark
9oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card10 daynummod
10daydayNOUNNumber=Sing12 tooknsubj
11OgaOgaPROPNNumber=Sing10 dayappos
12tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 wentparataxis
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 fooddet
14foodfoodNOUNNumber=Sing12 tookobj
15whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel18 sufficientnsubj
16wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin18 sufficientcop
17notnotPARTPolarity=Neg18 sufficientadvmod
18sufficientsufficientADJDegree=Pos14 foodacl:relcl
19forforADP_20 hercase
20hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs18 sufficientobl
21totoADP_25 gravecase
22herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs23 mothernmod:poss
23mothermotherNOUNNumber=Sing25 gravenmod:poss
24’s'sPART_23 mothercase
25gravegraveNOUNNumber=Sing18 sufficientobl
26,,PUNCT_28 satpunct
27andandCCONJ_28 satcc
28satsitVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 tookconj
29therethereADVPronType=Dem28 satadvmod
30cryingcryVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part28 satadvcl
31andandCCONJ_32 callingcc
32callingcallVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part30 cryingconj
33forforADP_35 mothercase
34herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs35 mothernmod:poss
35mothermotherNOUNNumber=Sing32 callingobl
36untiluntilSCONJ_39 camemark
37thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art38 eveningdet
38eveningeveningNOUNNumber=Sing39 camensubj
39camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin32 callingadvcl
40,,PUNCT_43 wentpunct
41whenwhenADVPronType=Int43 wentadvmod
42sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs43 wentnsubj
43wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin28 satconj
44homehomeADV_43 wentadvmod
45..PUNCT_2 wentpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1go onpastThistimevn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2takepastone daythe foodvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme
3not ispastthe foodfor Oga; to Oga's mother's grave; sufficient propertytree rules
4sitpastone day not said heretherevn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5cry speech: expressgerundone day not said herevn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6callgerundone day not said herefor Oga's mothervn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for mother=Recipient
7comepastthe eveningvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8gopastOgahome propertyvn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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