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Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Ix.--the Story of the War Between Inkum and Enfitop., sentence 62

He then took the head of the man he had just killed in his left hand, and holding his matchet in his right, he danced all round the town, shouting out that they were great fighters, and that the ju-ju had made them successful in the battle.

Who acts: man, heads · What happens: take, kill, hold, dance, shout out, be · To what, where: head, man, left hand, matchet, right, 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 (man, heads), 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

nsubjadvmoddetobjcasedetnmodnsubj:passauxadvmodacl:relclcasenmod:possamodoblpunctccadvclnmod:possobjcasenmod:possoblpunctnsubjconjadvmodcasedetoblpunctadvclcompound:prtmarknsubjcopamodadvclpunctccmarkdetnsubj:passpunctflatauxparataxisobjxcompcasedetoblpunctrootHePRONthenADVtookVERBtheDETheadNOUNofADPtheDETmanNOUNhePRONhadAUXjustADVkilledVERBinADPhisPRONleftADJhandNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJholdingVERBhisPRONmatchetNOUNinADPhisPRONrightADJ,PUNCThePRONdancedVERBallADVroundADPtheDETtownNOUN,PUNCTshoutingVERBoutADPthatSCONJtheyPRONwereAUXgreatADJfightersNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJthatSCONJtheDETjuPROPN-PUNCTjuPROPNhadAUXmadeVERBthemPRONsuccessfulADJinADPtheDETbattleNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 tooknsubj
2thenthenADVPronType=Dem3 tookadvmod
3tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 headdet
5headheadNOUNNumber=Sing3 tookobj
6ofofADP_8 mancase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 mandet
8manmanNOUNNumber=Sing5 headnmod
9hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs12 killednsubj:pass
10hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 killedaux
11justjustADV_12 killedadvmod
12killedkillVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass8 manacl:relcl
13ininADP_16 handcase
14hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs16 handnmod:poss
15leftleftADJDegree=Pos16 handamod
16handhandNOUNNumber=Sing12 killedobl
17,,PUNCT_19 holdingpunct
18andandCCONJ_19 holdingcc
19holdingholdVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part3 tookadvcl
20hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs21 matchetnmod:poss
21matchetmatchetNOUNNumber=Sing19 holdingobj
22ininADP_24 rightcase
23hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs24 rightnmod:poss
24rightrightADJDegree=Pos19 holdingobl
25,,PUNCT_27 dancedpunct
26hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs27 dancednsubj
27danceddanceVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 tookconj
28allallADV_27 dancedadvmod
29roundroundADP_31 towncase
30thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art31 towndet
31towntownNOUNNumber=Sing27 dancedobl
32,,PUNCT_33 shoutingpunct
33shoutingshoutVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part27 dancedadvcl
34outoutADP_33 shoutingcompound:prt
35thatthatSCONJ_39 fightersmark
36theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs39 fightersnsubj
37werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin39 fighterscop
38greatgreatADJDegree=Pos39 fightersamod
39fightersfighterNOUNNumber=Plur33 shoutingadvcl
40,,PUNCT_48 madepunct
41andandCCONJ_48 madecc
42thatthatSCONJ_48 mademark
43thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art44 judet
44jujuPROPNNumber=Sing48 madensubj:pass
45--PUNCT_44 jupunct
46jujuPROPNNumber=Sing44 juflat
47hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin48 madeaux
48mademakeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 tookparataxis
49themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs48 madeobj
50successfulsuccessfulADJDegree=Pos48 madexcomp
51ininADP_53 battlecase
52thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art53 battledet
53battlebattleNOUNNumber=Sing50 successfulobl
54..PUNCT_3 tookpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1takepastmanthe head of the manthenvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme
2killpast · perfect · passivethe man not said heremanman's left handvn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3holdgerundman not said hereman's matchetman's rightvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent matchet=Theme in right=Location
4dancepastmanthe townall propertyvn waltz-51.5 «NP V PP.trajectory PP.goal»: agent=Theme round town=Trajectory
5shout out speech: expressgerundman not said herevn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6is apastheads = headgreat fighterstree rules
7makepast · perfect · passivethe juheads = head obj; successful propertyvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary they=Product

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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