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Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Ix.--the Story of the War Between Inkum and Enfitop., sentence 28

So the following morning the Inkum young men surrounded Enfitop, but hid themselves in the bush, and waited there until all the men and women had gone to their farms to work, leaving only the old people and young children in the town.

Who acts: men · What happens: follow, surround, hide, wait, go, work · To what, where: Inkum young men, children, bush, farms, old people, 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 (men), 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

advmoddetamodobl:unmarkeddetcompoundamodnmodaclobl:agentpunctccobjcasedetoblpunctccparataxisadvmodmarkdet:predetdetnsubjccconjauxconjcasenmod:possoblmarkadvclpunctadvcladvmoddetamodobjccamodconjcasedetoblpunctrootSoADVtheDETfollowingVERBmorningNOUNtheDETInkumPROPNyoungADJmenNOUNsurroundedVERBEnfitopPROPN,PUNCTbutCCONJhidVERBthemselvesPRONinADPtheDETbushNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJwaitedVERBthereADVuntilSCONJallDETtheDETmenNOUNandCCONJwomenNOUNhadAUXgoneVERBtoADPtheirPRONfarmsNOUNtoPARTworkVERB,PUNCTleavingVERBonlyADVtheDEToldADJpeopleNOUNandCCONJyoungADJchildrenNOUNinADPtheDETtownNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SosoADV_13 hidadvmod
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 morningdet
3followingfollowVERBVerbForm=Ger4 morningamod
4morningmorningNOUNNumber=Sing13 hidobl:unmarked
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 mendet
6InkumInkumPROPNNumber=Sing8 mencompound
7youngyoungADJDegree=Pos8 menamod
8menmanNOUNNumber=Plur4 morningnmod
9surroundedsurroundVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass8 menacl
10EnfitopEnfitopPROPNNumber=Sing9 surroundedobl:agent
11,,PUNCT_13 hidpunct
12butbutCCONJ_13 hidcc
13hidhideVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
14themselvesthemselvesPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes13 hidobj
15ininADP_17 bushcase
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art17 bushdet
17bushbushNOUNNumber=Sing13 hidobl
18,,PUNCT_20 waitedpunct
19andandCCONJ_20 waitedcc
20waitedwaitVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin13 hidparataxis
21therethereADVPronType=Dem20 waitedadvmod
22untiluntilSCONJ_29 gonemark
23allallDETPronType=Tot25 mendet:predet
24thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art25 mendet
25menmanNOUNNumber=Plur29 gonensubj
26andandCCONJ_27 womencc
27womenwomanNOUNNumber=Plur25 menconj
28hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin29 goneaux
29gonegoVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part20 waitedconj
30totoADP_32 farmscase
31theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs32 farmsnmod:poss
32farmsfarmNOUNNumber=Plur29 goneobl
33totoPART_34 workmark
34workworkVERBVerbForm=Inf29 goneadvcl
35,,PUNCT_36 leavingpunct
36leavingleaveVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part29 goneadvcl
37onlyonlyADV_40 peopleadvmod
38thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art40 peopledet
39oldoldADJDegree=Pos40 peopleamod
40peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur36 leavingobj
41andandCCONJ_43 childrencc
42youngyoungADJDegree=Pos43 childrenamod
43childrenchildNOUNNumber=Plur40 peopleconj
44ininADP_46 towncase
45thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art46 towndet
46towntownNOUNNumber=Sing36 leavingobl
47..PUNCT_13 hidpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1followgerundvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2surroundparticiplethe Inkum young men not said hereEnfitop obl:agentvn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
3hidepastchildren = childthe bushmorningvn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient in bush=Location
4waitpasttherevn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5gopast · perfectall men and womenchildren's farmsvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to farm=Initial_Location
6workto-infinitiveall men and women not said herevn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7leavegerundall men and women not said herethe old people and young childrenthe townvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent people=Theme in town=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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