--- title: This made the girl very sad, but, as she could not see any other way… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: This made the girl very sad, but, as she could not see any other way out of the place, she made up her mind to enjoy herself, and sang and danced with the rest of the people. Who acts: This, way. 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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 (This, way), 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:pg70959:14:104 # text = This made the girl very sad, but, as she could not see any other way out of the place, she made up her mind to enjoy herself, and sang and danced with the rest of the people. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 nsubj _ _ 2 made make VERB VBD Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 15 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 17 det _ _ 16 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 out out ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 25 up up ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 enjoy enjoy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 30 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 danced dance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | This | the girl | | | | sad *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset girl=Product | | 2 | **not** **see** | could | way | any other way | | the place | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus | | 3 | **make up** | past | way | way's mind | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 4 | **enjoy** | to-infinitive | way *not said here* | way | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer herself=Stimulus | | 5 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **dance** | past | | | | | | with the rest of the people | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **mind** | | way | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/14/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/14/105/) - ↑ back to [Xix.--why the Mist Rises From the Water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/14/)