--- title: Wherever he went, whether it was into the forest to fell timber for… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: Wherever he went, whether it was into the forest to fell timber for making canvas, or to visit neighbouring towns, he used to take his little son with him and spoil him in many ways. Who acts: COCK, name. 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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 (COCK, name), 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:pg70959:12:75 # text = Wherever he went, whether it was into the forest to fell timber for making canvas, or to visit neighbouring towns, he used to take his little son with him and spoil him in many ways. 1 Wherever wherever ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 5 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 into into ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 13 timber timber NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 14 for for SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 15 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 16 canvas canvas NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 or or CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 visit visit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 21 neighbouring neighbouring ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 towns town NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 spoil spoil VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 ways way NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | COCK | | | | | wherever *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | name | | | the forest | | | tree rules | | 3 | **fall** | past | name *not said here* | timber | | | | | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient timber=Result | | 4 | **make** | gerund | name *not said here* | canvas | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset canvas=Product | | 5 | **visit** | to-infinitive | name *not said here* | neighbouring towns | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent town=Co-Agent | | 6 | **use** | past | COCK | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **take** | to-infinitive | COCK *not said here* | | COCK's little son | | | with COCK | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument son=Destination | | 8 | **spoil** | infinitive | COCK *not said here* | COCK | | many ways | | | 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/12/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/12/75/) - ↑ back to [Xv.--what Happened At Okuni When Anyone Was Killed By Accident.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/12/)