--- title: On all other occasions things are given and taken with the right han… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: On all other occasions things are given and taken with the right hand as the left hand is looked upon as “unclean” for certain reasons, and it is considered in consequence an insult to offer or take anything with the left hand. 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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: 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:pg70959:12:70 # text = On all other occasions things are given and taken with the right hand as the left hand is looked upon as “unclean” for certain reasons, and it is considered in consequence an insult to offer or take anything with the left hand. 1 On on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 3 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 occasions occasion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 5 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 looked look VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 20 upon upon SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 “ " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 unclean unclean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ” " PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 reasons reason NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 considered consider VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 consequence consequence NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 35 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 insult insult NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 xcomp _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 39 or or CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 41 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 40 obj _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | things | | all other occasions | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: subject=Theme on occasion=Asset | | 2 | **take** | participle | | | | | | with the right hand | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **look** | present · passive | | the left hand | | | | unclean *property* | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute | | 4 | **consider** | present · passive | | reason | | consequence | | a insult *xcomp* | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute | | 5 | **offer** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **take** | infinitive | | anything | | | | with the left hand | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme | 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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/12/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/12/70/) - ↑ back to [Xv.--what Happened At Okuni When Anyone Was Killed By Accident.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/12/)