--- title: When Achi heard this she began to cry, and while she was crying her… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: When Achi heard this she began to cry, and while she was crying her husband came in, but no sooner did he see the ju-ju man than he threw his load of fish on the ground and ran off to the nearest farm as fast as he could go. Who acts: Achi, head. 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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 (Achi, head), 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:pg70959:10:31 # text = When Achi heard this she began to cry, and while she was crying her husband came in, but no sooner did he see the ju-ju man than he threw his load of fish on the ground and ran off to the nearest farm as fast as he could go. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 Achi Achi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obj _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 cry cry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 11 while while SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 18 in in ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 21 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 22 det _ _ 22 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 25 advmod _ _ 23 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 27 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 31 than than SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 load load NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 38 on on ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 43 off off ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 nearest near ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 47 amod _ _ 47 farm farm NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 48 as as ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 42 advmod _ _ 50 as as SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | Achi | this | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **begin** | past | head | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | head *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **cry** *speech: express* | past · progressive | head | head's husband | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Topic | | 5 | **come in** | past | Achi *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **see** | past · do-support | Achi | the ju man | | | | soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus | | 7 | **throw** | past | Achi | Achi's load of fish | | the ground | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent load=Theme on ground=Destination | | 8 | **run off** | past | Achi *not said here* | | | | | to the nearest farm *result*; fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to farm=Result | | 9 | **go** | could | Achi | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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. - ← previous: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/10/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/10/32/) - ↑ back to [Xiii.--of Chief Amaza, His Wife Achi and the Tortoise.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/10/)