--- title: After a time, the rabbit came out and said that he had burrowed away… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: After a time, the rabbit came out and said that he had burrowed away until he had come just under where the frog was sitting, and that he had made holes so that they could get at both his hind legs without being seen. Who acts: rabbit, frog, holes. 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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 (rabbit, frog, holes), 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:pg70959:12:104 # text = After a time, the rabbit came out and said that he had burrowed away until he had come just under where the frog was sitting, and that he had made holes so that they could get at both his hind legs without being seen. 1 After after ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 out out ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 burrowed burrow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 ccomp _ _ 15 away away ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 until until SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 20 just just ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 21 under under ADP IN _ 26 mark _ _ 22 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 26 advmod _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 parataxis _ _ 33 holes hole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 34 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 38 mark _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 fixed _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 40 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 43 nsubj _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 hind hind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ _ 44 without without SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come out** | past | the rabbit | | | | time | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the rabbit *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **burrow away** | past · perfect | rabbit | | | | | away *property* | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **come** | past · perfect | rabbit | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **sit** | past · progressive | the frog | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **make** | past · perfect | rabbit | holes | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hole=Product | | 7 | **get** | could | holes *= hole* | | | rabbit's hind legs | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **see** | gerund · passive | holes *= hole* *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V» | 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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/12/102/) - next →: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/12/104/) - ↑ back to [Xv.--what Happened At Okuni When Anyone Was Killed By Accident.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/12/)