--- title: When the father of Ori heard that his son was dead, he went to the c… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: When the father of Ori heard that his son was dead, he went to the chief and demanded that Ori Namfup’s father should give him two slaves to replace the son he had lost. Who acts: father, son, Okuni. 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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 (father, son, Okuni), 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:pg70959:12:6 # text = When the father of Ori heard that his son was dead, he went to the chief and demanded that Ori Namfup’s father should give him two slaves to replace the son he had lost. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Ori Ori PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 demanded demand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 21 Ori Ori PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod:poss _ _ 22 Namfup Namfup PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ’s 's PART POS _ 21 case _ _ 24 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 25 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 ccomp _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 iobj _ _ 28 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 29 slaves slave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 replace replace VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | the father of Ori | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | father's son | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | past | father | | | the chief | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to chief=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **demand** *speech: request* | past | father *not said here* | | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition | | 5 | **give** | should | Ori's father | two slaves | Okuni | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient slave=Theme | | 6 | **replace** | to-infinitive | Ori's father *not said here* | the son | | | | | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme son=Co-Theme | | 7 | **lose** | past · perfect | Okuni | the son *not said here* | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Eventuality | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/12/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/12/7/) - ↑ back to [Xv.--what Happened At Okuni When Anyone Was Killed By Accident.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/12/)