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Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Ix.--the Story of the War Between Inkum and Enfitop., sentence 115

A few days afterwards, Ogor again stole out of the house when his grandmother was busy, and joined his companions who were playing in the town not far from the beach.

Who acts: Ogor, grandmother, companions · What happens: steal, be, join, play · To what, where: house, town

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 (Ogor, grandmother, companions), 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

detamodobl:unmarkedadvmodpunctnsubjadvmodcasecasedetoblmarknmod:possnsubjcopadvclpunctccconjnmod:possnsubjnsubjauxccompcasedetobladvmodadvmodcasedetoblpunctrootADETfewADJdaysNOUNafterwardsADV,PUNCTOgorPROPNagainADVstoleVERBoutADPofADPtheDEThouseNOUNwhenSCONJhisPRONgrandmotherNOUNwasAUXbusyADJ,PUNCTandCCONJjoinedVERBhisPRONcompanionsNOUNwhoPRONwereAUXplayingVERBinADPtheDETtownNOUNnotPARTfarADVfromADPtheDETbeachNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art3 daysdet
2fewfewADJDegree=Pos3 daysamod
3daysdayNOUNNumber=Plur4 afterwardsobl:unmarked
4afterwardsafterwardsADV_8 stoleadvmod
5,,PUNCT_4 afterwardspunct
6OgorOgorPROPNNumber=Sing8 stolensubj
7againagainADV_8 stoleadvmod
8stolestealVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
9outoutADP_12 housecase
10ofofADP_12 housecase
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 housedet
12househouseNOUNNumber=Sing8 stoleobl
13whenwhenSCONJ_17 busymark
14hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs15 grandmothernmod:poss
15grandmothergrandmotherNOUNNumber=Sing17 busynsubj
16wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin17 busycop
17busybusyADJDegree=Pos8 stoleadvcl
18,,PUNCT_20 joinedpunct
19andandCCONJ_20 joinedcc
20joinedjoinVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 stoleconj
21hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs22 companionsnmod:poss
22companionscompanionNOUNNumber=Plur25 playingnsubj
23whowhoPRONPronType=Rel25 playingnsubj
24werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin25 playingaux
25playingplayVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part20 joinedccomp
26ininADP_28 towncase
27thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art28 towndet
28towntownNOUNNumber=Sing25 playingobl
29notnotPARTPolarity=Neg30 faradvmod
30farfarADVDegree=Pos25 playingadvmod
31fromfromADP_33 beachcase
32thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art33 beachdet
33beachbeachNOUNNumber=Sing30 farobl
34..PUNCT_8 stolepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1stealpastOgorthe houseagainafterwards propertyvn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out house=Location
2ispastOgor's grandmotherbusy propertytree rules
3joinpastOgor not said heretree rules
4playpast · progressiveOgor's companionsthe townwho nsubj; far propertyvn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=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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