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title: The same applies to the large eagle owls, who are invariably chased… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics
description: The same applies to the large eagle owls, who are invariably chased by the smaller birds, whenever they appear while the sun is up, but it is seldom the owl comes out in the day time, and then he takes shelter in some thick covert as soon as possible. Who acts: same, smaller birds, creatures, sun. A
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# Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Opening, sentence 129

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The same applies to the large eagle owls, who are invariably chased by the smaller birds, whenever they appear while the sun is up, but it is seldom the owl comes out in the day time, and then he takes shelter in some thick covert as soon as possible.

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**Who acts:** same, smaller birds, creatures, sun, bird · **What happens:** apply, chase, appear, be, take · **To what, where:** large eagle owls, shelter, thick covert

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This is a sentence of «Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria» by Elphinstone Dayrell, Opening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (same, smaller birds, creatures, sun), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg70959:1:129
# text = The same applies to the large eagle owls, who are invariably chased by the smaller birds, whenever they appear while the sun is up, but it is seldom the owl comes out in the day time, and then he takes shelter in some thick covert as soon as possible.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nsubj	_	_
3	applies	apply	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	owls	owl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
12	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	chased	chase	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	17	amod	_	_
17	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	whenever	whenever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	21	advmod	_	_
20	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
21	appear	appear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	conj	_	_
22	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	26	mark	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nsubj	_	_
25	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	cop	_	_
26	up	up	ADV	RB	_	21	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
28	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
29	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
30	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	34	cop	_	_
31	seldom	seldom	ADV	RB	_	34	advmod	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	owl	owl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nsubj	_	_
34	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
35	out	out	ADP	RP	_	34	compound:prt	_	_
36	in	in	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
38	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	compound	_	_
39	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
42	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	44	advmod	_	_
43	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj	_	_
44	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
45	shelter	shelter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obj	_	_
46	in	in	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
47	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	49	det	_	_
48	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	amod	_	_
49	covert	covert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obl	_	_
50	as	as	ADV	RB	_	51	advmod	_	_
51	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	44	advmod	_	_
52	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	53	mark	_	_
53	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **apply** | present | the same |  |  |  |  | to the large eagle owls | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **chase** | present · passive | the smaller birds | the large eagle owls |  |  |  | invariably *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 3 | **appear** | present | creatures *= creature* |  |  |  |  | whenever *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **is** | present | the sun |  |  |  |  | up *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **is** | present | sun |  |  |  | time | the owl *nsubj*; come, seldom *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **take** | present | bird | shelter |  | some thick covert | then | soon *property* | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent shelter=Value in covert=Location |

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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.

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**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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