Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Ix.--the Story of the War Between Inkum and Enfitop., sentence 1

When the Inkum people first came to the Cross River about one hundred years ago, Chief Indoma established the five Inkum towns on the right bank of the river, and Chief Awum took his people over to the other side, and, having given the Enfitop people presents, asked them to allow him to build his town there, and also requested them to give him sufficient bush where he and his people could make their farms.

Who acts: Inkum people, Chief · What happens: come, establish, take over, give, ask, allow · To what, where: Cross River, five Inkum towns, right bank, people, people presents, Chief

This is a sentence of «Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria» by Elphinstone Dayrell, Ix.--the Story of the War Between Inkum and Enfitop.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Inkum people, 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	6 came	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 people	det
3	Inkum	Inkum	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 people	compound
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 came	nsubj
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 came	advmod
6	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 established	advcl
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 River	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 River	det
9	Cross	Cross	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 River	compound
10	River	River	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 came	obl
11	about	about	ADV	_	13 hundred	advmod
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 hundred	compound
13	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 years	nummod
14	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 ago	obl:unmarked
15	ago	ago	ADV	_	6 came	advmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 came	punct
17	Chief	Chief	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 established	nsubj
18	Indoma	Indoma	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 Chief	flat
19	established	establish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 towns	det
21	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	23 towns	nummod
22	Inkum	Inkum	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 towns	compound
23	towns	town	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 established	obj
24	on	on	ADP	_	27 bank	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 bank	det
26	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 bank	amod
27	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 towns	nmod
28	of	of	ADP	_	30 river	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 river	det
30	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 bank	nmod
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 took	punct
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 took	cc
33	Chief	Chief	PROPN	Number=Sing	35 took	nsubj
34	Awum	Awum	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 Chief	flat
35	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 established	conj
36	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	37 people	nmod:poss
37	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 took	obj
38	over	over	ADV	_	35 took	advmod
39	to	to	ADP	_	42 side	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 side	det
41	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 side	amod
42	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 took	obl
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 given	punct
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 given	cc
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 having	punct
46	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	47 given	aux
47	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	35 took	conj
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 people	det
49	Enfitop	Enfitop	PROPN	Number=Sing	50 people	compound
50	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 presents	compound
51	presents	present	NOUN	Number=Plur	47 given	obj
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 asked	punct
53	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 took	parataxis
54	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 asked	obj
55	to	to	PART	_	56 allow	mark
56	allow	allow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	53 asked	xcomp
57	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 allow	iobj
58	to	to	PART	_	59 build	mark
59	build	build	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	56 allow	xcomp
60	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	61 town	nmod:poss
61	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 build	obj
62	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	59 build	advmod
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 requested	punct
64	and	and	CCONJ	_	66 requested	cc
65	also	also	ADV	_	66 requested	advmod
66	requested	request	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	53 asked	conj
67	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	66 requested	obj
68	to	to	PART	_	69 give	mark
69	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	66 requested	xcomp
70	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	69 give	iobj
71	sufficient	sufficient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	72 bush	amod
72	bush	bush	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 give	obj
73	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	79 make	advmod
74	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	79 make	nsubj
75	and	and	CCONJ	_	79 make	cc
76	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	77 people	nmod:poss
77	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	79 make	nsubj
78	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	79 make	aux
79	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	72 bush	acl:relcl
80	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	81 farms	nmod:poss
81	farms	farm	NOUN	Number=Plur	79 make	obj
82	.	.	PUNCT	_	19 established	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	come	past	the Inkum people			the Cross River	ago, first property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to river=Initial_Location
2	establish	past	Chief	the five Inkum towns		the right bank of the river		vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent town=Theme on bank=Source
3	take over	past	Chief	Chief's people			to the other side; over property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme
4	give	gerund · perfect	Chief not said here	people presents				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent present=Theme
5	ask speech: ask	past			people			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic
6	allow not said to happen	to-infinitive			Chief			vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer he=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
7	build not said to happen	to-infinitive		Chief's town		there		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset town=Product
8	request	past		people				vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic
9	give	to-infinitive		sufficient bush	Chief			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient bush=Theme
10	make	could	Chief	people's farms			Chief's people nsubj	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent farm=Product

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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🌲 Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Ix.--the Story of the War Between Inkum and Enfitop., sentence 1

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Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Ix.--the Story of the War Between Inkum and Enfitop., sentence 1