--- title: When the hunter returned, he found that his pet bird had gone, and h… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: When the hunter returned, he found that his pet bird had gone, and he was very angry indeed, so he asked his wife who had let the bird go, and Awo told him. Who acts: hunter, Agbor, pet bird, bird. 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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 (hunter, Agbor, pet bird, bird), 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:pg70959:11:14 # text = When the hunter returned, he found that his pet bird had gone, and he was very angry indeed, so he asked his wife who had let the bird go, and Awo told him. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 hunter hunter NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 pet pet NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 very very ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ _ 20 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 so so ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 let let VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 ccomp _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 Awo Awo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | past | the hunter | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **find** | past | Agbor | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **go** | past · perfect | Agbor's pet bird | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | Agbor | | | | | angry, indeed *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Agbor | | Agbor's wife | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent wife=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **let** | past · perfect | | the bird | | | | who *nsubj* | tree rules | | 7 | **go** | infinitive | the bird *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Awo | | Agbor | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/11/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/11/15/) - ↑ back to [Xiv.--the Fate of Agbor the Hunter, Who Killed His Wife and Children.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/11/)