Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xii.--concerning the Okuni Witches and Cannibalism., sentence 21
The chief then called a play for all the young men and young women of the town, and told them what had happened.
What happens: call, tell, happen · To what, where: chief, clothes · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria» by Elphinstone Dayrell, Xii.--concerning the Okuni Witches and Cannibalism.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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 | 4 called | det |
| 2 | chief | chief | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 called | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 called | advmod |
| 4 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 play | det |
| 6 | play | play | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 called | xcomp |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 men | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 men | det:predet |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 men | det |
| 10 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 men | amod |
| 11 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 called | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 women | cc |
| 13 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 women | amod |
| 14 | women | woman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 men | conj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 town | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 town | det |
| 17 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 women | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 told | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 told | cc |
| 20 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 called | conj |
| 21 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 told | iobj |
| 22 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 24 happened | nsubj |
| 23 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 happened | aux |
| 24 | happened | happen | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 20 told | ccomp |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 called | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | participle · passive | chief | then | for all young men and young women of the town; a play xcomp | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for man=Beneficiary | |||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | past | clothes | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | happen | past · perfect | what nsubj | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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