Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Iv.--how Elili of Inkum Died, and Was Brought Back to Life Again., sentence 79
At last one of the dogs jumped into the water and swam across, and was very soon followed by the other four.
What happens: jump, swim, follow · To what, where: water
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: 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 3 one | case |
| 2 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 one | amod |
| 3 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 jumped | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 dogs | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 dogs | det |
| 6 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 one | nmod |
| 7 | jumped | jump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | into | into | ADP | _ | 10 water | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 water | det |
| 10 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 jumped | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 swam | cc |
| 12 | swam | swim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 jumped | conj |
| 13 | across | across | ADV | _ | 12 swam | advmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 followed | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 followed | cc |
| 16 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 followed | aux:pass |
| 17 | very | very | ADV | _ | 18 soon | advmod |
| 18 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 19 followed | advmod |
| 19 | followed | follow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 jumped | parataxis |
| 20 | by | by | ADP | _ | 23 four | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 four | det |
| 22 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 four | amod |
| 23 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 19 followed | obl |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 jumped | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump | past | into the water result; at last one of the dogs | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into water=Result | |||||
| 2 | swim | past | across property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | follow | past · passive | by the other four; soon property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: by four=Location |
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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