--- title: The girl would remain in one room for about two weeks after the abov… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: The girl would remain in one room for about two weeks after the above-mentioned operation, until the wound was healed, and then the man would give a feast to all his friends, the cost of the food forming part of the dowry. Who acts: girl, man, food. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (girl, man, food), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg70959:1:41 # text = The girl would remain in one room for about two weeks after the above-mentioned operation, until the wound was healed, and then the man would give a feast to all his friends, the cost of the food forming part of the dowry. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 about about ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 12 after after ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 14 above above ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 mentioned mention VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 amod _ _ 17 operation operation NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 until until SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 wound wound NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 healed heal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 advmod _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 29 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 36 det:predet _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 cost cost NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 appos _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 43 forming form VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 42 acl _ _ 44 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 dowry dowry NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remain** | would | the girl | | | one room | after the mentioned operation; week | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in room=Location | | 2 | **mention** *speech: other* | participle | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **heal** | past · passive | | the wound | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **give** | would | the man | a feast | man's friends | | then | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent feast=Theme to friend=Recipient | | 5 | **form** | gerund | the food *not said here* | part of the dowry | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location part=Theme | | 6 | **cost** | | | the food | | | | | nom cost «possession transitive»: of=patient | 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. - ← previous: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/1/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/1/42/) - ↑ back to [Opening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/1/)