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Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Ix.--the Story of the War Between Inkum and Enfitop., sentence 84

As soon as he had done this the survivors of the Inkums, headed by Chief Indoma, walked over the snake’s body, but, when the Enfitop people tried to follow them, the snake waited until they were in the middle and then sank, leaving the Enfitop men to drown.

Who acts: snake, survivors, Enfitop people, people · What happens: do, head, walk, try, follow, wait · To what, where: this, Inkums, body, people, middle, Enfitop men

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 (snake, survivors, Enfitop people, people), 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

advmodadvmodmarknsubjauxadvclobjdetnsubjcasedetnmodpunctaclcaseobl:agentflatpunctcasedetnmod:posscaseoblpunctccpunctadvmoddetcompoundnsubjconjmarkxcompobjpunctdetnsubjconjmarknsubjcopcasedetadvclccadvmodconjpunctadvcldetcompoundobjmarkaclpunctrootAsADVsoonADVasSCONJhePRONhadAUXdoneVERBthisPRONtheDETsurvivorsNOUNofADPtheDETInkumsPROPN,PUNCTheadedVERBbyADPChiefPROPNIndomaPROPN,PUNCTwalkedVERBoverADPtheDETsnakeNOUN’sPARTbodyNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJ,PUNCTwhenADVtheDETEnfitopPROPNpeopleNOUNtriedVERBtoPARTfollowVERBthemPRON,PUNCTtheDETsnakeNOUNwaitedVERBuntilSCONJtheyPRONwereAUXinADPtheDETmiddleNOUNandCCONJthenADVsankVERB,PUNCTleavingVERBtheDETEnfitopPROPNmenNOUNtoPARTdrownVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AsasADV_2 soonadvmod
2soonsoonADVDegree=Pos19 walkedadvmod
3asasSCONJ_6 donemark
4hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 donensubj
5hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 doneaux
6donedoVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part2 soonadvcl
7thisthisPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem6 doneobj
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 survivorsdet
9survivorssurvivorNOUNNumber=Plur19 walkednsubj
10ofofADP_12 Inkumscase
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 Inkumsdet
12InkumsInkumPROPNNumber=Plur9 survivorsnmod
13,,PUNCT_14 headedpunct
14headedheadVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass12 Inkumsacl
15bybyADP_16 Chiefcase
16ChiefChiefPROPNNumber=Sing14 headedobl:agent
17IndomaIndomaPROPNNumber=Sing16 Chiefflat
18,,PUNCT_9 survivorspunct
19walkedwalkVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
20overoverADP_24 bodycase
21thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art22 snakedet
22snakesnakeNOUNNumber=Sing24 bodynmod:poss
23’s'sPART_22 snakecase
24bodybodyNOUNNumber=Sing19 walkedobl
25,,PUNCT_32 triedpunct
26butbutCCONJ_32 triedcc
27,,PUNCT_32 triedpunct
28whenwhenADVPronType=Int32 triedadvmod
29thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art31 peopledet
30EnfitopEnfitopPROPNNumber=Sing31 peoplecompound
31peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur32 triednsubj
32triedtryVERBMood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin19 walkedconj
33totoPART_34 followmark
34followfollowVERBVerbForm=Inf32 triedxcomp
35themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs34 followobj
36,,PUNCT_39 waitedpunct
37thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art38 snakedet
38snakesnakeNOUNNumber=Sing39 waitednsubj
39waitedwaitVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin19 walkedconj
40untiluntilSCONJ_45 middlemark
41theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs45 middlensubj
42werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin45 middlecop
43ininADP_45 middlecase
44thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art45 middledet
45middlemiddleNOUNNumber=Sing39 waitedadvcl
46andandCCONJ_48 sankcc
47thenthenADVPronType=Dem48 sankadvmod
48sanksinkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin39 waitedconj
49,,PUNCT_50 leavingpunct
50leavingleaveVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part48 sankadvcl
51thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art53 mendet
52EnfitopEnfitopPROPNNumber=Sing53 mencompound
53menmanNOUNNumber=Plur50 leavingobj
54totoPART_55 drownmark
55drowndrownVERBVerbForm=Inf53 menacl
56..PUNCT_19 walkedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1dopast · perfectsnakethisvn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality
2headparticiplethe Inkums not said hereChief obl:agentvn conduct-111.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3walkpastthe survivors of the Inkumsthe snake's bodysoon propertyvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over body=Trajectory
4trypastthe Enfitop peoplevn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
5follow not said to happento-infinitivethe Enfitop people not said herepeoplevn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
6waitpastthe snakevn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7ispastpeoplethe middletree rules
8sinkpastthe snake not said herethenvn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
9leavegerundthe snake not said herethe Enfitop menvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme
10drownto-infinitivethe snake not said herethe Enfitop men not said herevn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=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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