--- title: The chief then asked Oghabi whether he had tasted the food he brough… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: The chief then asked Oghabi whether he had tasted the food he brought for Okpa, and Oghabi replied that he had done so and that his wife had cooked and eaten some of the food. Who acts: chief, OGHABI. 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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, OGHABI), 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:pg70959:12:54 # text = The chief then asked Oghabi whether he had tasted the food he brought for Okpa, and Oghabi replied that he had done so and that his wife had cooked and eaten some of the food. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 Oghabi Oghabi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 iobj _ _ 6 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 tasted taste VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Okpa Okpa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 Oghabi Oghabi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 ccomp _ _ 24 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 cooked cook VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 advcl _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 conj _ _ 33 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 32 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the chief | | Oghabi | | then | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent oghabi=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **taste** | past · perfect | OGHABI | the food | | | | | vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme food=Attribute | | 3 | **bring** | past | OGHABI | the food *not said here* | | | | for Okpa | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent food=Theme | | 4 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Oghabi | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **do** | past · perfect | OGHABI | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **cook** | past · perfect · passive | | OGHABI's wife | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 7 | **eat** | participle | | some of the food | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Patient | 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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/12/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/12/55/) - ↑ back to [Xv.--what Happened At Okuni When Anyone Was Killed By Accident.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/12/)