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Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Ix.--the Story of the War Between Inkum and Enfitop., sentence 89

There was once an Inkum woman named Omegha, who was considered very good-looking, but, curiously enough, no man had ever wanted to marry her, although she was very popular and went about from one man to another.

Who acts: Inkum woman, man, Omegha · What happens: be, name, consider, look, want, marry · To what, where: Inkum woman, Omegha

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 (Inkum woman, man, Omegha), 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

expladvmoddetcompoundnsubjaclxcomppunctnsubjaux:passacladvmodxcomppunctconjpunctccpunctadvmodadvmodpunctdetnsubjauxadvmodparataxismarkxcompobjpunctmarknsubjcopadvmodconjccconjadvmodcasenummodoblcaseoblpunctrootTherePRONwasVERBonceADVanDETInkumPROPNwomanNOUNnamedVERBOmeghaPROPN,PUNCTwhoPRONwasAUXconsideredVERBveryADVgoodADJ-PUNCTlookingVERB,PUNCTbutCCONJ,PUNCTcuriouslyADVenoughADV,PUNCTnoDETmanNOUNhadAUXeverADVwantedVERBtoPARTmarryVERBherPRON,PUNCTalthoughSCONJshePRONwasAUXveryADVpopularADJandCCONJwentVERBaboutADVfromADPoneNUMmanNOUNtoADPanotherDET.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheretherePRONPronType=Dem2 wasexpl
2wasbeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3onceonceADVNumForm=Word NumType=Mult2 wasadvmod
4anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 womandet
5InkumInkumPROPNNumber=Sing6 womancompound
6womanwomanNOUNNumber=Sing2 wasnsubj
7namednameVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass6 womanacl
8OmeghaOmeghaPROPNNumber=Sing7 namedxcomp
9,,PUNCT_12 consideredpunct
10whowhoPRONPronType=Rel12 considerednsubj
11wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 consideredaux:pass
12consideredconsiderVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass8 Omeghaacl
13veryveryADV_14 goodadvmod
14goodgoodADJDegree=Pos12 consideredxcomp
15--PUNCT_16 lookingpunct
16lookinglookVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part14 goodconj
17,,PUNCT_27 wantedpunct
18butbutCCONJ_27 wantedcc
19,,PUNCT_27 wantedpunct
20curiouslycuriouslyADV_27 wantedadvmod
21enoughenoughADV_20 curiouslyadvmod
22,,PUNCT_27 wantedpunct
23nonoDETPronType=Neg24 mandet
24manmanNOUNNumber=Sing27 wantednsubj
25hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin27 wantedaux
26evereverADVPronType=Ind27 wantedadvmod
27wantedwantVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part2 wasparataxis
28totoPART_29 marrymark
29marrymarryVERBVerbForm=Inf27 wantedxcomp
30hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs29 marryobj
31,,PUNCT_36 popularpunct
32althoughalthoughSCONJ_36 popularmark
33sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs36 popularnsubj
34wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin36 popularcop
35veryveryADV_36 popularadvmod
36popularpopularADJDegree=Pos29 marryconj
37andandCCONJ_38 wentcc
38wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin36 popularconj
39aboutaboutADV_38 wentadvmod
40fromfromADP_42 mancase
41oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card42 mannummod
42manmanNOUNNumber=Sing38 wentobl
43totoADP_44 anothercase
44anotheranotherDETPronType=Ind38 wentobl
45..PUNCT_2 waspunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1bepasta Inkum womanthereonce propertyvn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2nameparticiplea Inkum woman not said hereOmegha xcompvn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3considerpast · passiveOmeghagood propertyvn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute
4lookgerundvn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
5wantpast · perfectno manevercuriously propertyvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
6marry not said to happento-infinitiveno man not said hereOmeghavn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient
7ispastOmeghapopular propertytree rules
8go aboutpastOmegha not said herefrom one man; to another; about propertyvn confront-98 «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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