--- title: So the torturer said, “Do you feel any pain, Agbor?” and he replied… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: So the torturer said, “Do you feel any pain, Agbor?” and he replied “No.” After a short time the man cut off Agbor’s right hand, and as he still remained quiet, the man asked him, “How do you feel now, Agbor?” Who acts: torturer, you, Agbor, man. 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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 (torturer, you, Agbor, man), 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:pg70959:11:32 # text = So the torturer said, “Do you feel any pain, Agbor?” and he replied “No.” After a short time the man cut off Agbor’s right hand, and as he still remained quiet, the man asked him, “How do you feel now, Agbor?” 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 torturer torturer NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 10 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 11 det _ _ 11 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 Agbor Agbor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ” " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 19 “ " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 No. no. NOUN NN Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ” " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ 22 After after ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 29 off off ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 Agbor Agbor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ’s 's PART POS _ 30 case _ _ 32 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 still still ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 40 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 47 “ " PUNCT `` _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 51 advmod _ _ 49 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 50 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 ccomp _ _ 52 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 51 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 54 Agbor Agbor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ? ? PUNCT . _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ” " PUNCT '' _ 51 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | the torturer | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **feel** *in a quote* | present · do-support | you | any pain | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pain=Theme | | 3 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Agbor | No. | | | time | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent no.=Topic | | 4 | **cut off** | past | the man | Agbor's right hand | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector hand=Eventuality | | 5 | **remain** | past | Agbor | | | | still | quiet *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the man | | Agbor | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **feel** *in a quote* | present · do-support | Agbor | | | | now | Agbor *vocative* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/11/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/11/33/) - ↑ 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/)