Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xi.--how a Father Tried to Kill One of His Sons But Failed., sentence 9
This caused the Chief to dislike her more than he had done before, and he told some of his other wives that he believed that Agbor was going about with other men.
Who acts: This, Chief, boy, Agbor · What happens: cause, dislike, do, tell, believe, go about · To what, where: Chief, some · 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 (This, Chief, boy, Agbor), 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 | This | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 caused | nsubj |
| 2 | caused | cause | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Chief | det |
| 4 | Chief | Chief | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 caused | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 dislike | mark |
| 6 | dislike | dislike | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 caused | xcomp |
| 7 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 dislike | obj |
| 8 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 dislike | obj |
| 9 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 12 done | mark |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 done | nsubj |
| 11 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 done | aux |
| 12 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 more | advcl |
| 13 | before | before | ADV | _ | 12 done | advmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 told | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 told | cc |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 told | nsubj |
| 17 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 caused | conj |
| 18 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 17 told | obj |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 wives | case |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 wives | nmod:poss |
| 21 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 wives | amod |
| 22 | wives | wife | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 some | nmod |
| 23 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 25 believed | mark |
| 24 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 believed | nsubj |
| 25 | believed | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 told | advcl |
| 26 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 29 going | mark |
| 27 | Agbor | Agbor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 going | nsubj |
| 28 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 going | aux |
| 29 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 25 believed | ccomp |
| 30 | about | about | ADV | _ | 29 going | advmod |
| 31 | with | with | ADP | _ | 33 men | case |
| 32 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 men | amod |
| 33 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 going | obl |
| 34 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 caused | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | past | This | the Chief | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | dislike | to-infinitive | the Chief not said here | chief | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | do | past · perfect | boy | before property | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | tell speech: assert | past | boy | some of boy's other wives | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent some=Recipient | ||||
| 5 | believe | past | boy | vn admire-31.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 6 | go about | past · progressive | Agbor | with other men; about property | vn confront-98 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with man=Instrument |
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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