--- title: As nothing was heard from the last lot, the chief armed himself and… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: As nothing was heard from the last lot, the chief armed himself and his sons, and told his wives that he was going himself to look for Eba and the slaves who were lost. Who acts: chief, message. 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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, message), 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:pg70959:12:91 # text = As nothing was heard from the last lot, the chief armed himself and his sons, and told his wives that he was going himself to look for Eba and the slaves who were lost. 1 As as ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 obl _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 armed arm VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 13 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 12 obj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 wives wife NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 iobj _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 ccomp _ _ 26 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 25 obj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Eba Eba PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 slaves slave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 conj _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 35 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past · passive | | | | the last lot | | as nothing | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: from lot=Source | | 2 | **arm** | past | the chief | message | | | | | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent himself=Recipient | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the chief *not said here* | | message's wives | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent wife=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **go** | past · progressive | message | message | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **look** | to-infinitive | message *not said here* | | | | | for Eba and the slaves | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for eba=Theme | | 6 | **lose** | past · passive | | the slaves | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/12/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/12/91/) - ↑ back to [Xv.--what Happened At Okuni When Anyone Was Killed By Accident.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/12/)