Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xi.--how a Father Tried to Kill One of His Sons But Failed., sentence 77
The following morning, the Chief got up from his bed, and having called all his people round him, explained the trial he had made, to see which of his sons loved him the most.
Who acts: Chief, father · What happens: follow, get up, call, explain, make, see · To what, where: bed, people, trial, father · 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 (Chief, 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 morning | det |
| 2 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 morning | amod |
| 3 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 got | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 morning | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Chief | det |
| 6 | Chief | Chief | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 got | nsubj |
| 7 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 11 bed | case |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 bed | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 bed | nmod:poss |
| 11 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 got | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 called | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 called | cc |
| 14 | having | have | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 called | aux |
| 15 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 got | conj |
| 16 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 18 people | det:predet |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 people | nmod:poss |
| 18 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 called | xcomp |
| 19 | round | round | ADP | _ | 20 him | case |
| 20 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 people | nmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 explained | punct |
| 22 | explained | explain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 got | parataxis |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 trial | det |
| 24 | trial | trial | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 explained | obj |
| 25 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 made | nsubj |
| 26 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 made | aux |
| 27 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 24 trial | acl:relcl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 see | punct |
| 29 | to | to | PART | _ | 30 see | mark |
| 30 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 explained | conj |
| 31 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 35 loved | obj |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 sons | case |
| 33 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 sons | nmod:poss |
| 34 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 loved | obl |
| 35 | loved | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 see | ccomp |
| 36 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 loved | obj |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 most | det |
| 38 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 35 loved | advmod |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 got | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | get up | past | the Chief | father's bed | morning | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bed=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | call | gerund · perfect | the Chief not said here | father's people round father | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | explain speech: assert | past | the trial | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trial=Topic | |||||
| 5 | make | past · perfect | father | the trial not said here | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trial=Product | ||||
| 6 | see | to-infinitive | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||||
| 7 | love | past | father | of father's sons; which obj | 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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