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Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Iv.--how Elili of Inkum Died, and Was Brought Back to Life Again., sentence 70

The morning after Akoba had made up her mind to kill her husband, she said to him, “I want you to come into the forest with me to cut some palm nuts, but leave your hunting dogs behind as I do not like them.”

Who acts: Akoba, Chief · What happens: make up, kill, say, want, come, cut · To what, where: mind, husband, Chief, forest, palm nuts, hunting dogs · 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 (Akoba, Chief), 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

detobl:unmarkedmarknsubjauxacl:relclcompound:prtnmod:possobjmarkadvclnmod:possobjpunctnsubjcaseoblpunctpunctnsubjccompobjmarkxcompcasedetoblcaseoblmarkadvcldetcompoundobjpunctccccompnmod:posscompoundobjadvmodmarknsubjauxadvmodadvclobjpunctpunctrootTheDETmorningNOUNafterSCONJAkobaPROPNhadAUXmadeVERBupADPherPRONmindNOUNtoPARTkillVERBherPRONhusbandNOUN,PUNCTshePRONsaidVERBtoADPhimPRON,PUNCT“PUNCTIPRONwantVERByouPRONtoPARTcomeVERBintoADPtheDETforestNOUNwithADPmePRONtoPARTcutVERBsomeDETpalmNOUNnutsNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJleaveVERByourPRONhuntingNOUNdogsNOUNbehindADVasSCONJIPRONdoAUXnotPARTlikeVERBthemPRON.PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 morningdet
2morningmorningNOUNNumber=Sing16 saidobl:unmarked
3afterafterSCONJ_6 mademark
4AkobaAkobaPROPNNumber=Sing6 madensubj
5hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 madeaux
6mademakeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part2 morningacl:relcl
7upupADP_6 madecompound:prt
8herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs9 mindnmod:poss
9mindmindNOUNNumber=Sing6 madeobj
10totoPART_11 killmark
11killkillVERBVerbForm=Inf6 madeadvcl
12herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs13 husbandnmod:poss
13husbandhusbandNOUNNumber=Sing11 killobj
14,,PUNCT_2 morningpunct
15sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs16 saidnsubj
16saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
17totoADP_18 himcase
18himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs16 saidobl
19,,PUNCT_22 wantpunct
20“"PUNCT_22 wantpunct
21IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs22 wantnsubj
22wantwantVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin16 saidccomp
23youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs22 wantobj
24totoPART_25 comemark
25comecomeVERBVerbForm=Inf22 wantxcomp
26intointoADP_28 forestcase
27thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art28 forestdet
28forestforestNOUNNumber=Sing25 comeobl
29withwithADP_30 mecase
30meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs25 comeobl
31totoPART_32 cutmark
32cutcutVERBVerbForm=Inf25 comeadvcl
33somesomeDETPronType=Ind35 nutsdet
34palmpalmNOUNNumber=Sing35 nutscompound
35nutsnutNOUNNumber=Plur32 cutobj
36,,PUNCT_38 leavepunct
37butbutCCONJ_38 leavecc
38leaveleaveVERBVerbForm=Inf16 saidccomp
39youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs41 dogsnmod:poss
40huntinghuntingNOUNNumber=Sing41 dogscompound
41dogsdogNOUNNumber=Plur38 leaveobj
42behindbehindADV_38 leaveadvmod
43asasSCONJ_47 likemark
44IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs47 likensubj
45dodoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin47 likeaux
46notnotPARTPolarity=Neg47 likeadvmod
47likelikeVERBVerbForm=Inf38 leaveadvcl
48themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs47 likeobj
49..PUNCT_38 leavepunct
50”"PUNCT_38 leavepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1make uppast · perfectAkobaAkoba's mindvn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot
2killto-infinitiveAkoba not said hereAkoba's husbandvn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Theme
3say speech: assertpastAkobaChiefmorningvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic
4want in a quotepresentAkobaChieftree rules
5come not said to happen, in a quoteto-infinitiveChief not said herethe forestwith Akobavn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into forest=Initial_Location
6cut in a quoteto-infinitiveChief not said heresome palm nutsvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset nut=Product
7leave in a quoteinfinitiveyour hunting dogsbehind propertyvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme
8not like in a quotepresent · do-supportAkobaDOGS = dogvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot they=Theme
9mindAkobanom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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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