Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xi.--how a Father Tried to Kill One of His Sons But Failed., sentence 16
When Agberamfe saw his mother he told her that his father had given each of his brothers a matchet but that he had received only a piece of iron to work with although he was the youngest of them all.
Who acts: Agberamfe, father · What happens: see, tell, give, receive, work, be · To what, where: mother, chief, matchet, piece · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (Agberamfe, father), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 saw | advmod |
| 2 | Agberamfe | Agberamfe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 saw | nsubj |
| 3 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 told | advcl |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 mother | nmod:poss |
| 5 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 saw | obj |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 told | nsubj |
| 7 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 told | iobj |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 13 given | mark |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 father | nmod:poss |
| 11 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 given | nsubj |
| 12 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 given | aux |
| 13 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 told | ccomp |
| 14 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 19 matchet | det |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 brothers | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 17 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 each | nmod |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 matchet | det |
| 19 | matchet | matchet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 given | obj |
| 20 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 24 received | cc |
| 21 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 24 received | mark |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 received | nsubj |
| 23 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 received | aux |
| 24 | received | receive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 13 given | conj |
| 25 | only | only | ADV | _ | 27 piece | advmod |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 piece | det |
| 27 | piece | piece | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 received | obj |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 iron | case |
| 29 | iron | iron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 piece | nmod |
| 30 | to | to | PART | _ | 31 work | mark |
| 31 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 received | advcl |
| 32 | with | with | ADP | _ | 37 youngest | case |
| 33 | although | although | SCONJ | _ | 37 youngest | mark |
| 34 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 youngest | nsubj |
| 35 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 youngest | cop |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 youngest | det |
| 37 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 31 work | obl |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 them | case |
| 39 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 youngest | nmod |
| 40 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 39 them | nmod:unmarked |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 told | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | Agberamfe | Agberamfe's mother | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mother=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | past | Agberamfe | chief | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | give | past · perfect | Agberamfe's father | each matchet | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matchet=Theme | ||||
| 4 | receive | past · perfect | father | a piece of iron | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme | ||||
| 5 | work | to-infinitive | father not said here | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | is | past | father | of mother; young property | tree rules |
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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