Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Iv.--how Elili of Inkum Died, and Was Brought Back to Life Again., sentence 81
Then the chief came down from the tree, and divided Akoba’s body into five bundles, and told his dogs to carry them to his house, which they did.
Who acts: chief, DOGS · What happens: come down, divide, tell, carry, do · To what, where: tree, body, five bundles, dogs, house · 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 (chief, DOGS), 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 | 4 came | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 chief | det |
| 3 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 came | nsubj |
| 4 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | down | down | ADV | _ | 4 came | advmod |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 tree | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 tree | det |
| 8 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 came | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 divided | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 divided | cc |
| 11 | divided | divide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 came | conj |
| 12 | Akoba | Akoba | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 body | nmod:poss |
| 13 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 12 Akoba | case |
| 14 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 divided | obj |
| 15 | into | into | ADP | _ | 17 bundles | case |
| 16 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 17 bundles | nummod |
| 17 | bundles | bundle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 divided | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 told | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 told | cc |
| 20 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 came | conj |
| 21 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 dogs | nmod:poss |
| 22 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 told | iobj |
| 23 | to | to | PART | _ | 24 carry | mark |
| 24 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 told | xcomp |
| 25 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 carry | obj |
| 26 | to | to | ADP | _ | 28 house | case |
| 27 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 house | nmod:poss |
| 28 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 carry | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 did | punct |
| 30 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 32 did | obj |
| 31 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 did | nsubj |
| 32 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 house | acl:relcl |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come down | past | the chief | the tree | then | down property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from tree=Initial_Location | ||
| 2 | divide | past | the chief not said here | Akoba's body | five bundles | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Theme | |||
| 3 | tell speech: assert | past | the chief not said here | Chief's dogs | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent dog=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | carry not said to happen | to-infinitive | the chief not said here | DOGS = dog | Chief's house | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to house=Destination | |||
| 5 | do | past | DOGS = dog | Chief's house | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality |
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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