Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Ix.--the Story of the War Between Inkum and Enfitop., sentence 120

When the boys had finished tying up their companion, they looked round very carefully to see whether anyone was watching them, but, finding there was no one about, they carried Ogor out into the river, and threw him into the water where it was deep, and he sank at once.

Who acts: boys, anyone, one, tie, Ogor · What happens: finish, tie up, look round, see, watch, find · To what, where: boys, companion, Ogor, river, water · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (boys, anyone, one, tie), 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	5 finished	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 boys	det
3	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 finished	nsubj:pass
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 finished	aux
5	finished	finish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 looked	advcl
6	tying	tie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 finished	xcomp
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 tying	compound:prt
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 companion	nmod:poss
9	companion	companion	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tying	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 finished	punct
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 looked	nsubj
12	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	round	round	ADV	_	12 looked	advmod
14	very	very	ADV	_	15 carefully	advmod
15	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	12 looked	advmod
16	to	to	PART	_	17 see	mark
17	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 looked	advcl
18	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	21 watching	mark
19	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	21 watching	nsubj
20	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 watching	aux
21	watching	watch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 see	advcl
22	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 watching	obj
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 finding	punct
24	but	but	CCONJ	_	26 finding	cc
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 finding	punct
26	finding	find	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 looked	advcl
27	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	28 was	expl
28	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 finding	ccomp
29	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	30 one	det
30	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 was	nsubj
31	about	about	ADV	_	28 was	advmod
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 carried	punct
33	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 carried	nsubj
34	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 looked	parataxis
35	Ogor	Ogor	PROPN	Number=Sing	34 carried	obj
36	out	out	ADV	_	34 carried	advmod
37	into	into	ADP	_	39 river	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 river	det
39	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 carried	obl
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 threw	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 threw	cc
42	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 carried	conj
43	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 threw	obj
44	into	into	ADP	_	46 water	case
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 water	det
46	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 threw	obl
47	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	50 deep	advmod
48	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 deep	nsubj
49	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	50 deep	cop
50	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 water	amod
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 sank	punct
52	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 sank	cc
53	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 sank	nsubj
54	sank	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 looked	parataxis
55	at	at	ADP	_	56 once	case
56	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	54 sank	obl
57	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 looked	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	finish	past · perfect · passive		the boys			tree rules
2	tie up	gerund		boys's companion			vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent companion=Patient
3	look round	past	boys = boy			carefully, round property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
4	see	to-infinitive	boys = boy not said here				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
5	watch	past · progressive	anyone	boys = boy			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
6	find	gerund	boys = boy not said here				vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
7	be	past	no one		there	about property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	carry out	past	boys = boy	Ogor	the river	out property	vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ogor=Eventuality
9	throw	past	boys = boy not said here	Ogor		into the water result	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer he=Theme into water=Result
10	is	past	tie			deep property	tree rules
11	sink	past	Ogor				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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 120

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Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Ix.--the Story of the War Between Inkum and Enfitop., sentence 120