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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 (Awo), 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:pg70959:11:16 # text = Awo was much annoyed with her husband for beating the child, so she packed up all her things, and said she was going to return to her parents and would take her children with her. 1 Awo Awo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 much much ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 annoyed annoyed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 for for SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 beating beat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 packed pack VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 16 up up ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 all all ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 ccomp _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Awo | | | | | with Awo's husband; annoyed *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **beat** | gerund | Awo *not said here* | the child | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location child=Theme | | 3 | **pack up** | past | Awo | | | | | all Awo's things | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Awo *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **go** | past · progressive | Awo | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **return** | to-infinitive | Awo *not said here* | | | | | to Awo's parents *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to parent=Result | | 7 | **take** | would | Awo *not said here* | | Awo's children | | | with Awo | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument child=Destination | 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/11/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/11/17/) - ↑ 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/)