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Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Ix.--the Story of the War Between Inkum and Enfitop., sentence 157

As nothing had happened to him the first day, he went down again in the afternoon when the sun was not quite so hot, and jumped into the deep water, but the water ju-ju, who was waiting for him, at once seized him and dragged him out of sight under the water.

Who acts: Chief, sun, water · What happens: happen, go down, not be, jump, wait, seize · To what, where: Chief, deep water, sight

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 (Chief, sun, water), 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

caseoblauxcaseobldetamodobl:unmarkedpunctnsubjparataxisadvmodadvmodcasedetobladvmoddetnsubjcopadvmodadvmodadvmodxcomppunctccconjcasedetamodoblpunctccdetnsubjappospunctflatpunctnsubjauxaclcaseoblpunctmarkadvmodparataxisobjccconjobjcasecaseoblcasedetoblpunctrootAsADPnothingPRONhadAUXhappenedVERBtoADPhimPRONtheDETfirstADJdayNOUN,PUNCThePRONwentVERBdownADVagainADVinADPtheDETafternoonNOUNwhenADVtheDETsunNOUNwasAUXnotPARTquiteADVsoADVhotADJ,PUNCTandCCONJjumpedVERBintoADPtheDETdeepADJwaterNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJtheDETwaterNOUNjuPROPN-PUNCTjuPROPN,PUNCTwhoPRONwasAUXwaitingVERBforADPhimPRON,PUNCTatSCONJonceADVseizedVERBhimPRONandCCONJdraggedVERBhimPRONoutADPofADPsightNOUNunderADPtheDETwaterNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AsasADP_2 nothingcase
2nothingnothingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg4 happenedobl
3hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 happenedaux
4happenedhappenVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Partrootroot
5totoADP_6 himcase
6himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 happenedobl
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 daydet
8firstfirstADJDegree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord9 dayamod
9daydayNOUNNumber=Sing4 happenedobl:unmarked
10,,PUNCT_12 wentpunct
11hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs12 wentnsubj
12wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 happenedparataxis
13downdownADV_12 wentadvmod
14againagainADV_12 wentadvmod
15ininADP_17 afternooncase
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art17 afternoondet
17afternoonafternoonNOUNNumber=Sing12 wentobl
18whenwhenADVPronType=Int25 hotadvmod
19thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art20 sundet
20sunsunNOUNNumber=Sing25 hotnsubj
21wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin25 hotcop
22notnotPARTPolarity=Neg25 hotadvmod
23quitequiteADV_25 hotadvmod
24sosoADV_25 hotadvmod
25hothotADJDegree=Pos12 wentxcomp
26,,PUNCT_28 jumpedpunct
27andandCCONJ_28 jumpedcc
28jumpedjumpVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 wentconj
29intointoADP_32 watercase
30thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art32 waterdet
31deepdeepADJDegree=Pos32 wateramod
32waterwaterNOUNNumber=Sing28 jumpedobl
33,,PUNCT_49 seizedpunct
34butbutCCONJ_49 seizedcc
35thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art36 waterdet
36waterwaterNOUNNumber=Sing49 seizednsubj
37jujuPROPNNumber=Sing36 waterappos
38--PUNCT_39 jupunct
39jujuPROPNNumber=Sing37 juflat
40,,PUNCT_43 waitingpunct
41whowhoPRONPronType=Rel43 waitingnsubj
42wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin43 waitingaux
43waitingwaitVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part36 wateracl
44forforADP_45 himcase
45himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs43 waitingobl
46,,PUNCT_49 seizedpunct
47atatSCONJ_49 seizedmark
48onceonceADVNumForm=Word NumType=Mult49 seizedadvmod
49seizedseizeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 happenedparataxis
50himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs49 seizedobj
51andandCCONJ_52 draggedcc
52draggeddragVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin49 seizedconj
53himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs52 draggedobj
54outoutADP_56 sightcase
55ofofADP_56 sightcase
56sightsightNOUNNumber=Sing52 draggedobl
57underunderADP_59 watercase
58thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art59 waterdet
59waterwaterNOUNNumber=Sing52 draggedobl
60..PUNCT_4 happenedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1happenpast · perfectChiefdayas nothingvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2go downpastChiefagain; afternoondown propertyvn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3not ispastthe sunhot propertytree rules
4jumppastChief not said hereinto the deep water resultvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into water=Result
5waitpast · progressivethe waterfor Chiefvn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6seizepastthe waterChiefonce propertyvn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
7dragpastthe water not said hereChiefsightunder the watervn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent he=Theme out sight=Initial_Location

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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