--- title: The pain of the burning was so great that Agbor screamed with agony,… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: The pain of the burning was so great that Agbor screamed with agony, but the people laughed and told him that he was now feeling what death was like, and to remember how he had killed his wife and children. Who acts: pain, Agbor, people. 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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 (pain, Agbor, people), 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:pg70959:11:36 # text = The pain of the burning was so great that Agbor screamed with agony, but the people laughed and told him that he was now feeling what death was like, and to remember how he had killed his wife and children. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 burning burning NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 Agbor Agbor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 screamed scream VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 agony agony NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 18 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 iobj _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 26 advmod _ _ 26 feeling feel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 27 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 26 obj _ _ 28 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 like like ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 remember remember VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 35 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 38 advmod _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 ccomp _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the pain of the burning | | | | | great *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **scream** *speech: express* | past | Agbor | | | | | with agony | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with agony=Theme | | 3 | **laugh** | past | the people | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the people *not said here* | | Agbor | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 5 | **feel** | past · progressive | Agbor | | | | now | what *obj* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | | | | | | like *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **remember** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 8 | **kill** | past · perfect · passive | | Agbor | | | | Agbor's wife and children *obj* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer wife=Result | | 9 | **pain** | | | the burning | | | | | nom pain «state 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/11/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/11/37/) - ↑ 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/)