Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xii.--concerning the Okuni Witches and Cannibalism., sentence 24
The chief then sent his slaves off to the farm to make it larger, as in the future he would have to make provision for a larger household.
Who acts: chief · What happens: send, slave off, make, have · To what, where: child, future, provision
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: who acts (chief), 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 | 2 chief | det |
| 2 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sent | nsubj |
| 3 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 sent | advmod |
| 4 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 slaves | nmod:poss |
| 6 | slaves | slave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 sent | ccomp |
| 7 | off | off | ADP | _ | 6 slaves | compound:prt |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 farm | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 farm | det |
| 10 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 slaves | obl |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 make | mark |
| 12 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 slaves | advcl |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 make | obj |
| 14 | larger | large | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 12 make | xcomp |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 have | punct |
| 16 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 22 have | mark |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 future | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 future | det |
| 19 | future | future | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 have | obl |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 have | nsubj |
| 21 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 22 have | aux |
| 22 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 make | conj |
| 23 | to | to | PART | _ | 24 make | mark |
| 24 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 have | xcomp |
| 25 | provision | provision | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 make | obj |
| 26 | for | for | ADP | _ | 29 household | case |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 household | det |
| 28 | larger | large | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 29 household | amod |
| 29 | household | household | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 make | obl |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 sent | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | past | the chief | then | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | slave off | present | the chief not said here | to the farm; chief nmod:poss | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | make | to-infinitive | the chief not said here | child | large property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product | |||
| 4 | have | would | chief | the future | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | make | to-infinitive | chief not said here | provision | for a larger household | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent provision=Product for household=Asset |
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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