--- title: He said that by his hunting he hoped to grow richer, as he intended… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: He said that by his hunting he hoped to grow richer, as he intended to go from town to town and sell the meat of the animals he killed while Okpa could be looking after the farm. Who acts: OGHABI, Okpa. 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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 (OGHABI, Okpa), 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:pg70959:12:17 # text = He said that by his hunting he hoped to grow richer, as he intended to go from town to town and sell the meat of the animals he killed while Okpa could be looking after the farm. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 hunting hunting NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 hoped hope VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 richer rich ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 intended intend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 sell sell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 31 while while SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 Okpa Okpa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 33 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 aux _ _ 35 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 36 after after ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 farm farm NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | OGHABI | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **hope** | past | OGHABI | | | | | by OGHABI's hunting | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **grow** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | OGHABI *not said here* | | | | | rich *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **intend** | past | OGHABI | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | OGHABI *not said here* | | | town | | to town | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from town=Initial\_Location to town=Destination | | 6 | **sell** | infinitive | OGHABI *not said here* | the meat of the animals | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Theme | | 7 | **kill** | past | OGHABI | the animals *not said here* | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme | | 8 | **look** | could · progressive | Okpa | | | | after the farm | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 9 | **hunt** | | OGHABI | | | | | | nom hunting «act transitive»: poss=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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/12/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/12/18/) - ↑ back to [Xv.--what Happened At Okuni When Anyone Was Killed By Accident.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/12/)