--- title: Then the frog promised to cure the people, but begged the cock and t… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: Then the frog promised to cure the people, but begged the cock and the rabbit not to kill him but to throw him into the water to drown, this they agreed to do. Who acts: frog, this. 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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 (frog, this), 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:pg70959:12:112 # text = Then the frog promised to cure the people, but begged the cock and the rabbit not to kill him but to throw him into the water to drown, this they agreed to do. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 cure cure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 into into ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 drown drown VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 nsubj _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 agreed agree VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | the frog | | | | then | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **cure** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the frog *not said here* | the people | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer people=Source | | 3 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | the frog *not said here* | | the cock and the rabbit | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent cock=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **not** **kill** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | COCK | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **throw** | to-infinitive | | COCK | | | | into the water *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer he=Theme into water=Result | | 6 | **drown** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | this | | | | | people *nsubj* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | this *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/12/110/) - next →: [sentence 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/12/112/) - ↑ back to [Xv.--what Happened At Okuni When Anyone Was Killed By Accident.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/12/)