--- title: Eba then hurried back to the place where he had left his yam-tail, b… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: Eba then hurried back to the place where he had left his yam-tail, but when he got there he found the yam-tail was turning itself into a frog, which grew larger and larger every moment. Who acts: Eba, yam tail, frog. 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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 (Eba, yam tail, frog), 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:pg70959:12:84 # text = Eba then hurried back to the place where he had left his yam-tail, but when he got there he found the yam-tail was turning itself into a frog, which grew larger and larger every moment. 1 Eba Eba PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 hurried hurry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 back back ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 11 advmod _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 acl:relcl _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 13 yam yam NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 18 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 21 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 25 yam yam NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 ccomp _ _ 30 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 29 obj _ _ 31 into into ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 37 larger large ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 36 xcomp _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 larger large ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 37 conj _ _ 40 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 41 det _ _ 41 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hurry back** | past | Eba | | | the place | then | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to place=Destination | | 2 | **leave** | past · perfect | Eba | Eba's yam tail | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Theme | | 3 | **get** | past | Eba | | | there | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **find** | past | Eba | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **turn** | past · progressive | the yam tail | place | | | | into a frog *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent itself=Theme into frog=Result | | 6 | **grow** | past | a frog | | | | | large *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/12/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/12/84/) - ↑ back to [Xv.--what Happened At Okuni When Anyone Was Killed By Accident.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/12/)