--- title: As a reward to the rabbit, the chief pointed to his farm and said, “… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: As a reward to the rabbit, the chief pointed to his farm and said, “you can eat as much as you like of the yams, cassava, and of the palm-nuts which fall to the ground, and take them home and nobody will take them from you.” Who acts: chief, you, palm nuts, nobody. 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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 (chief, you, palm nuts, nobody), 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:pg70959:12:118 # text = As a reward to the rabbit, the chief pointed to his farm and said, “you can eat as much as you like of the yams, cassava, and of the palm-nuts which fall to the ground, and take them home and nobody will take them from you.” 1 As as ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 reward reward NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 pointed point VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 farm farm NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 “ " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 21 as as ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 obj _ _ 23 as as ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nmod _ _ 25 like like ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 yams yam NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 cassava cassava NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 35 palm palm NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 nuts nut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 38 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 fall fall VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 46 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 home home ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 49 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 51 nsubj _ _ 50 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 conj _ _ 52 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 from from ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ” " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **point** | past | the chief | | rabbit's farm | | | as a reward to the rabbit | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to farm=Recipient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the chief *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **eat** *in a quote* | can | you | much like the yams and cassava | | | | as you; of the palm nuts | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Patient | | 4 | **fall** *in a quote* | present | the palm nuts | | | | | to the ground | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to ground=Theme | | 5 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | nuts *= nut* | | | | home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 6 | **take** *in a quote* | future | nobody | nuts *= nut* | | | | from you | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent they=Theme from you=Initial\_Location | 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 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/12/116/) - next →: [sentence 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/12/118/) - ↑ back to [Xv.--what Happened At Okuni When Anyone Was Killed By Accident.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/12/)