--- title: Oghabi said, “run back home at once and tell your father that I will… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: Oghabi said, “run back home at once and tell your father that I will come directly I have been home, and will bring some medicine which will make them vomit and they will then get well.” Who acts: Oghabi, medicine, calabashes. 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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, medicine, calabashes), 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:pg70959:12:48 # text = Oghabi said, “run back home at once and tell your father that I will come directly I have been home, and will bring some medicine which will make them vomit and they will then get well.” 1 Oghabi Oghabi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 6 back back ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 home home ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 5 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 12 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 iobj _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 18 directly directly ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 cop _ _ 22 home home ADV RB _ 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 27 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 28 det _ _ 28 medicine medicine NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl:relcl _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 vomit vomit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ _ 38 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 39 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ” " PUNCT '' _ 26 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 | **run back** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Trajectory | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | | | your father | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent father=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **come** *in a quote* | future | Oghabi | | | | | directly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Oghabi | | | | | home *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **bring** *in a quote* | future | | some medicine | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent medicine=Theme | | 7 | **make** *in a quote* | future | some medicine | calabashes *= calabash* | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **vomit** *in a quote* | infinitive | calabashes *= calabash* *not said here* | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **get** *in a quote* | future | calabashes *= calabash* | | | | then | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/12/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/12/49/) - ↑ back to [Xv.--what Happened At Okuni When Anyone Was Killed By Accident.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/12/)