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Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Ix.--the Story of the War Between Inkum and Enfitop., sentence 5

It was one of the rules of the society that anyone wishing to join must pay fifty rods, one goat, and five pots of tombo, which would be divided amongst the members.

Who acts: name, anyone, society · What happens: be, wish, join, pay, divide, rule · To what, where: one, society, five pots

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 (name, anyone, society), 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

nsubjcopcasedetnmodcasedetnmodobjnsubjaclmarkxcompauxacl:relclnummodobjpunctnummodconjpunctccnummodparataxiscasenmodpunctnsubj:passauxaux:passaclcasedetoblpunctrootItPRONwasAUXoneNUMofADPtheDETrulesNOUNofADPtheDETsocietyNOUNthatPRONanyonePRONwishingVERBtoPARTjoinVERBmustAUXpayVERBfiftyNUMrodsNOUN,PUNCToneNUMgoatNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJfiveNUMpotsNOUNofADPtomboNOUN,PUNCTwhichPRONwouldAUXbeAUXdividedVERBamongstADPtheDETmembersNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 onensubj
2wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 onecop
3oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Cardrootroot
4ofofADP_6 rulescase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 rulesdet
6rulesruleNOUNNumber=Plur3 onenmod
7ofofADP_9 societycase
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 societydet
9societysocietyNOUNNumber=Sing6 rulesnmod
10thatthatPRONPronType=Rel16 payobj
11anyoneanyonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind16 paynsubj
12wishingwishVERBVerbForm=Ger11 anyoneacl
13totoPART_14 joinmark
14joinjoinVERBVerbForm=Inf12 wishingxcomp
15mustmustAUXVerbForm=Fin16 payaux
16paypayVERBVerbForm=Inf9 societyacl:relcl
17fiftyfiftyNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card18 rodsnummod
18rodsrodNOUNNumber=Plur16 payobj
19,,PUNCT_21 goatpunct
20oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card21 goatnummod
21goatgoatNOUNNumber=Sing18 rodsconj
22,,PUNCT_25 potspunct
23andandCCONJ_25 potscc
24fivefiveNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card25 potsnummod
25potspotNOUNNumber=Plur3 oneparataxis
26ofofADP_27 tombocase
27tombotomboNOUNNumber=Sing25 potsnmod
28,,PUNCT_32 dividedpunct
29whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel32 dividednsubj:pass
30wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin32 dividedaux
31bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf32 dividedaux:pass
32divideddivideVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass25 potsacl
33amongstamongstADP_35 memberscase
34thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art35 membersdet
35membersmemberNOUNNumber=Plur32 dividedobl
36..PUNCT_3 onepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apastnameoneof the rules of the society; five pots of tombo parataxistree rules
2wishgerundvn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3join not said to happento-infinitivevn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
4paymustanyonethe societyfifty rods and one goat objvn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent that=Recipient rod=Asset
5dividewould · passivefive pots of tomboamongst the membersvn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
6rulethe societynom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=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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