--- title: Then the cripple called her back and said she was on the wrong road… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: Then the cripple called her back and said she was on the wrong road and that if she went further she would never return; but the woman told him she did not care, as she was looking for her daughter, who had disappeared. Who acts: cripple, Inkang, woman, daughter. 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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 (cripple, Inkang, woman, daughter), 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:pg70959:14:113 # text = Then the cripple called her back and said she was on the wrong road and that if she went further she would never return; but the woman told him she did not care, as she was looking for her daughter, who had disappeared. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cripple cripple NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 ccomp _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 17 if if SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 20 further further ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 iobj _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 care care VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ _ 45 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 disappeared disappear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 42 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | past | the cripple | Inkang's back | | | then | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent back=Recipient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the cripple *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | Inkang | | | the wrong road | | | tree rules | | 4 | **go** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Inkang | | | | | further *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **not** **return** | would | Inkang | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the woman | | cripple | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **not** **care** | past · do-support | Inkang | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **look** | past · progressive | Inkang | | | | | for Inkang's daughter | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for daughter=Theme | | 9 | **disappear** | past · perfect | Inkang's daughter | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/14/112/) - next →: [sentence 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/14/114/) - ↑ back to [Xix.--why the Mist Rises From the Water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/14/)