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Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Ix.--the Story of the War Between Inkum and Enfitop., sentence 64

The body of the man was then divided up amongst the chiefs, the head chief getting the right arm, shoulder and breast for his share, and the head fighter was given the man’s heart to eat.

Who acts: head chief, man · What happens: divide up, get, give, eat, share · To what, where: body, right arm, head fighter

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 (head chief, man), 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

detnsubj:passcasedetnmodaux:passadvmodcompound:prtcasedetoblpunctdetcompoundparataxisacldetamodobjpunctconjccconjcasenmod:possoblpunctccdetcompoundnsubj:passaux:passconjdetnmod:posscaseobjmarkaclpunctrootTheDETbodyNOUNofADPtheDETmanNOUNwasAUXthenADVdividedVERBupADPamongstADPtheDETchiefsNOUN,PUNCTtheDETheadNOUNchiefNOUNgettingVERBtheDETrightADJarmNOUN,PUNCTshoulderNOUNandCCONJbreastNOUNforADPhisPRONshareNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJtheDETheadNOUNfighterNOUNwasAUXgivenVERBtheDETmanNOUN’sPARTheartNOUNtoPARTeatVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 bodydet
2bodybodyNOUNNumber=Sing8 dividednsubj:pass
3ofofADP_5 mancase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 mandet
5manmanNOUNNumber=Sing2 bodynmod
6wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 dividedaux:pass
7thenthenADVPronType=Dem8 dividedadvmod
8divideddivideVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
9upupADP_8 dividedcompound:prt
10amongstamongstADP_12 chiefscase
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 chiefsdet
12chiefschiefNOUNNumber=Plur8 dividedobl
13,,PUNCT_16 chiefpunct
14thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 chiefdet
15headheadNOUNNumber=Sing16 chiefcompound
16chiefchiefNOUNNumber=Sing8 dividedparataxis
17gettinggetVERBVerbForm=Ger16 chiefacl
18thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art20 armdet
19rightrightADJDegree=Pos20 armamod
20armarmNOUNNumber=Sing17 gettingobj
21,,PUNCT_22 shoulderpunct
22shouldershoulderNOUNNumber=Sing20 armconj
23andandCCONJ_24 breastcc
24breastbreastNOUNNumber=Sing20 armconj
25forforADP_27 sharecase
26hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs27 sharenmod:poss
27shareshareNOUNNumber=Sing17 gettingobl
28,,PUNCT_34 givenpunct
29andandCCONJ_34 givencc
30thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art32 fighterdet
31headheadNOUNNumber=Sing32 fightercompound
32fighterfighterNOUNNumber=Sing34 givennsubj:pass
33wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin34 givenaux:pass
34givengiveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass8 dividedconj
35thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art36 mandet
36manmanNOUNNumber=Sing38 heartnmod:poss
37’s'sPART_36 mancase
38heartheartNOUNNumber=Sing34 givenobj
39totoPART_40 eatmark
40eateatVERBVerbForm=Inf38 heartacl
41..PUNCT_8 dividedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1divide uppast · passivethe body of the manthenamongst the chiefs; the head chief parataxisvn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2getgerundthe head chief not said herethe right arm and shoulder and breastfor man's sharevn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent arm=Theme for share=Source
3givepast · passivethe head fighterthe man's heart objvn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient heart=Theme
4eatto-infinitivevn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5sharemannom share «possession transitive»: poss=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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