--- title: When they had reached half way and were sitting down to rest, Okpa’s… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: When they had reached half way and were sitting down to rest, Okpa’s youngest son came running up to them and implored them to return with him and help his father as they were all very ill and in great pain. Who acts: calabashes, youngest son. 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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 (calabashes, youngest son), 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:pg70959:12:47 # text = When they had reached half way and were sitting down to rest, Okpa’s youngest son came running up to them and implored them to return with him and help his father as they were all very ill and in great pain. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 reached reach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 5 half half ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 6 advmod _ _ 6 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 10 down down ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 14 Okpa Okpa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ’s 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 17 amod _ _ 17 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 20 up up ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 implored implore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 36 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 37 all all ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 38 very very ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 advcl _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past · perfect | calabashes *= calabash* | way | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **sit down** | past · progressive | calabashes *= calabash* *not said here* | | | | | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **rest** | to-infinitive | calabashes *= calabash* *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **come** | past | Okpa's youngest son | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **run up** | gerund | Okpa's youngest son *not said here* | | calabashes *= calabash* | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to they=Result | | 6 | **implore** | past | Okpa's youngest son *not said here* | calabashes *= calabash* | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 7 | **return** | to-infinitive | Okpa's youngest son *not said here* | | | | | with OKPA | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **help** | infinitive | Okpa's youngest son *not said here* | | OKPA's father | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Beneficiary | | 9 | **is** | past | calabashes *= calabash* | | | | | great pain *conj*; all, ill *property* | tree rules | 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/12/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/12/48/) - ↑ back to [Xv.--what Happened At Okuni When Anyone Was Killed By Accident.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/12/)