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Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Vii.--how Two Friends Fell Out: the Spider and the Grasshopper., sentence 4

They started off together in the morning before the sun was hot, and when they had gone some little way, the spider said to his friend, “While we are away together, I want you to call me ‘Stranger,’ and I will call you ‘Dabi.’

Who acts: spider, sun, we, friend · What happens: start off, be, go, say, want, call · To what, where: little way, friend, spider · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria» by Elphinstone Dayrell, Vii.--how Two Friends Fell Out: the Spider and the Grasshopper.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (spider, sun, we, friend), 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:prtadvmodcasedetoblmarkdetnsubjcopadvclpunctccadvmodnsubjauxparataxisdetamodoblpunctdetnsubjacl:relclcasenmod:possoblpunctpunctmarknsubjcopccompadvmodpunctnsubjparataxisobjmarkxcompobjpunctxcomppunctpunctccnsubjauxconjobjpunctvocativepunctpunctrootTheyPRONstartedVERBoffADPtogetherADVinADPtheDETmorningNOUNbeforeSCONJtheDETsunNOUNwasAUXhotADJ,PUNCTandCCONJwhenADVtheyPRONhadAUXgoneVERBsomeDETlittleADJwayNOUN,PUNCTtheDETspiderNOUNsaidVERBtoADPhisPRONfriendNOUN,PUNCT“PUNCTWhileSCONJwePRONareAUXawayADVtogetherADV,PUNCTIPRONwantVERByouPRONtoPARTcallVERBmePRON‘PUNCTStrangerNOUN,PUNCT’PUNCTandCCONJIPRONwillAUXcallVERByouPRON‘PUNCTDabiPROPN.PUNCT’PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs2 startednsubj
2startedstartVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3offoffADP_2 startedcompound:prt
4togethertogetherADV_2 startedadvmod
5ininADP_7 morningcase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 morningdet
7morningmorningNOUNNumber=Sing2 startedobl
8beforebeforeSCONJ_12 hotmark
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 sundet
10sunsunNOUNNumber=Sing12 hotnsubj
11wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 hotcop
12hothotADJDegree=Pos2 startedadvcl
13,,PUNCT_18 gonepunct
14andandCCONJ_18 gonecc
15whenwhenADVPronType=Int18 goneadvmod
16theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs18 gonensubj
17hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin18 goneaux
18gonegoVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part2 startedparataxis
19somesomeDETPronType=Ind21 waydet
20littlelittleADJDegree=Pos21 wayamod
21waywayNOUNNumber=Sing18 goneobl
22,,PUNCT_25 saidpunct
23thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art24 spiderdet
24spiderspiderNOUNNumber=Sing25 saidnsubj
25saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin21 wayacl:relcl
26totoADP_28 friendcase
27hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs28 friendnmod:poss
28friendfriendNOUNNumber=Sing25 saidobl
29,,PUNCT_28 friendpunct
30“"PUNCT_34 awaypunct
31WhilewhileSCONJ_34 awaymark
32wewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs34 awaynsubj
33arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin34 awaycop
34awayawayADV_25 saidccomp
35togethertogetherADV_34 awayadvmod
36,,PUNCT_38 wantpunct
37IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs38 wantnsubj
38wantwantVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin34 awayparataxis
39youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs38 wantobj
40totoPART_41 callmark
41callcallVERBVerbForm=Inf38 wantxcomp
42meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs41 callobj
43‘'PUNCT_44 Strangerpunct
44StrangerstrangerNOUNNumber=Sing41 callxcomp
45,,PUNCT_44 Strangerpunct
46’'PUNCT_44 Strangerpunct
47andandCCONJ_50 callcc
48IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs50 callnsubj
49willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin50 callaux
50callcallVERBVerbForm=Inf25 saidconj
51youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs50 callobj
52‘'PUNCT_53 Dabipunct
53DabiDabiPROPNNumber=Sing50 callvocative
54..PUNCT_50 callpunct
55’'PUNCT_18 gonepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1start offpastspidermorningtogether propertyvn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2ispastthe sunhot propertytree rules
3gopast · perfectspidersome little wayvn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4say speech: assertpastthe spidersome little way not said heregrasshopper's friendvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent way=Topic to friend=Recipient
5is in a quotepresentweaway, together propertytree rules
6want in a quotepresentthe spider = spidergrasshopper's friend = friendtree rules
7call not said to happen, in a quoteto-infinitivegrasshopper's friend = friend not said herethe spider = spiderStranger xcompvn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient
8call in a quotefuturethe spider = spidergrasshopper's friend = friendDabi vocativevn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient

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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