--- title: After that, she passed drum after drum, until at length she arrived… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: After that, she passed drum after drum, until at length she arrived at the big drum, who asked her why she had come, so Inkang Ezen said she was looking for her daughter Ibanang, and would like to go to the same place where she had gone. Who acts: Inkang, big drum. 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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 (Inkang, big drum), 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:pg70959:14:115 # text = After that, she passed drum after drum, until at length she arrived at the big drum, who asked her why she had come, so Inkang Ezen said she was looking for her daughter Ibanang, and would like to go to the same place where she had gone. 1 After after ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 drum drum NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 after after ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 drum drum NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 until until SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 drum drum NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 22 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 iobj _ _ 23 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 29 Inkang Inkang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 30 Ezen Ezen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 flat _ _ 31 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 ccomp _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 Ibanang Ibanang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 ccomp _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 49 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 52 advmod _ _ 50 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 48 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | past | Inkang | drum | | | after that; after drum | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme drum=Trajectory | | 2 | **arrive** | past | Inkang | | | length | | at the big drum | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the big drum | | Inkang | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 4 | **come** | past · perfect | Inkang | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Inkang | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **look** | past · progressive | Inkang | | | | | for Inkang's daughter; Ibanang *xcomp* | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for daughter=Theme | | 7 | **like** | would | | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 8 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | the same place | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to place=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **go** | past · perfect | Inkang | | | | | | 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 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/14/114/) - next →: [sentence 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/14/116/) - ↑ back to [Xix.--why the Mist Rises From the Water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/14/)