--- title: When he heard it was the cock and the rabbit, he appointed the cock… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: When he heard it was the cock and the rabbit, he appointed the cock to be the head man of the house, and gave him power to wake everybody at daylight and tell them it was time to go and work. Who acts: COCK, juice. 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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 (COCK, juice), 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:pg70959:12:117 # text = When he heard it was the cock and the rabbit, he appointed the cock to be the head man of the house, and gave him power to wake everybody at daylight and tell them it was time to go and work. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 appointed appoint VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 17 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 cop _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 acl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 iobj _ _ 28 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 wake wake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 31 everybody everybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 30 obj _ _ 32 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 daylight daylight NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 36 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 iobj _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 39 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 ccomp _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 acl _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | COCK | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is a** | past | juice | the cock and the rabbit | | | | the rabbit *conj* | tree rules | | 3 | **appoint** | past | COCK | the cock | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cock=Theme | | 4 | **is a** | to-infinitive | COCK *not said here* | the head man | | | | of the house | tree rules | | 5 | **give** | past | COCK *not said here* | power | COCK | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient power=Theme | | 6 | **wake** | to-infinitive | COCK *not said here* | everybody | | daylight | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent everybody=Patient | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | COCK *not said here* | | houses *= house* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 8 | **is a** | past | juice | time | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **go** | to-infinitive | COCK *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **work** | infinitive | COCK *not said here* | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «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 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/12/115/) - next →: [sentence 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/12/117/) - ↑ back to [Xv.--what Happened At Okuni When Anyone Was Killed By Accident.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/12/)