--- title: But her mother knew that she must have lost her way, as she had not… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: But her mother knew that she must have lost her way, as she had not been to the farm and guessed at once that she had gone to the town of the wooden drum, where she would be killed. Who acts: mother. 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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 (mother), 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:pg70959:14:106 # text = But her mother knew that she must have lost her way, as she had not been to the farm and guessed at once that she had gone to the town of the wooden drum, where she would be killed. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 aux _ _ 9 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 17 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 cop _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 farm farm NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 guessed guess VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 22 obl _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 drum drum NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 41 advmod _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | mother's mother | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **lose** | must · perfect | mother | mother's way | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Eventuality | | 3 | **not** **is** | past · perfect | mother | | | | | to the farm | tree rules | | 4 | **guess** | past | mother's mother *not said here* | | | | | | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent at once=Value | | 5 | **go** | past · perfect | mother | | | the town of the wooden drum | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to town=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **kill** | would · passive | | mother | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/14/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/14/107/) - ↑ back to [Xix.--why the Mist Rises From the Water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/14/)