Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xi.--how a Father Tried to Kill One of His Sons But Failed., sentence 12
Even this did not change the chief’s dislike to his son Agberamfe, and by degrees he got to hate the boy, until at last, when the planting season came round, he made up his mind to kill him, but he did not want to do this in such a way that any one could blame him.
Who acts: this, Agbor, planting season, one, chief · What happens: not change, get, hate, come round, make up, kill · To what, where: dislike, boy, mind, Agbor, this, way
This is a sentence of «Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria» by Elphinstone Dayrell, Xi.--how a Father Tried to Kill One of His Sons But Failed.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (this, Agbor, planting season, one), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Even | even | ADV | _ | 5 change | advmod |
| 2 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 change | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 change | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 change | advmod |
| 5 | change | change | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 chief | det |
| 7 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 dislike | nmod:poss |
| 8 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 7 chief | case |
| 9 | dislike | dislike | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 change | obj |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 son | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 son | nmod:poss |
| 12 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 change | obl |
| 13 | Agberamfe | Agberamfe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 son | appos |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 got | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 got | cc |
| 16 | by | by | ADP | _ | 17 degrees | case |
| 17 | degrees | degree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 got | obl |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 got | nsubj |
| 19 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 change | parataxis |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 hate | mark |
| 21 | hate | hate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 got | xcomp |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 boy | det |
| 23 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 hate | obj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 last | punct |
| 25 | until | until | ADP | _ | 27 last | case |
| 26 | at | at | ADP | _ | 27 last | case |
| 27 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 hate | conj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 came | punct |
| 29 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 33 came | mark |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 season | det |
| 31 | planting | planting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 season | compound |
| 32 | season | season | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 came | nsubj |
| 33 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 last | advcl |
| 34 | round | round | ADV | _ | 33 came | advmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 made | punct |
| 36 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 made | nsubj |
| 37 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 got | conj |
| 38 | up | up | ADP | _ | 37 made | compound:prt |
| 39 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 mind | nmod:poss |
| 40 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 made | obj |
| 41 | to | to | PART | _ | 42 kill | mark |
| 42 | kill | kill | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 made | advcl |
| 43 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 kill | obj |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 want | punct |
| 45 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 49 want | cc |
| 46 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 want | nsubj |
| 47 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 49 want | aux |
| 48 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 49 want | advmod |
| 49 | want | want | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 change | conj |
| 50 | to | to | PART | _ | 51 do | mark |
| 51 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 49 want | xcomp |
| 52 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 51 do | obj |
| 53 | in | in | ADP | _ | 56 way | case |
| 54 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 56 way | det:predet |
| 55 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 56 way | det |
| 56 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 do | obl |
| 57 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 61 blame | mark |
| 58 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 59 one | det |
| 59 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 blame | nsubj |
| 60 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 61 blame | aux |
| 61 | blame | blame | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 56 way | acl |
| 62 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 61 blame | obj |
| 63 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 change | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not change | past · do-support | this | the chief's dislike | to Agbor's son | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dislike=Patient | |||
| 2 | get | past | Agbor | by degrees | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | hate | to-infinitive | Agbor not said here | the boy | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer boy=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | come round | past | the planting season | round property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | make up | past | Agbor | Agbor's mind | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | ||||
| 6 | kill | to-infinitive | Agbor not said here | Agbor | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 7 | not want | past · do-support | Agbor | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 8 | do not said to happen | to-infinitive | Agbor not said here | this | such way | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality | |||
| 9 | blame | could | any one | Agbor | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 10 | dislike | the chief | nom dislike «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 11 | mind | Agbor | nom mind «cognition 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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