--- title: Ogbaja got up early in the morning, and took his bow and arrows with… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: Ogbaja got up early in the morning, and took his bow and arrows with him to hunt; then as he went along he left a trail of ashes behind him, which Nara followed, and at last came to the mango tree, where she found Ogbaja picking up the fruit. Who acts: Ogbaja, Nara. 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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 (Ogbaja, Nara), 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:pg70959:14:15 # text = Ogbaja got up early in the morning, and took his bow and arrows with him to hunt; then as he went along he left a trail of ashes behind him, which Nara followed, and at last came to the mango tree, where she found Ogbaja picking up the fruit. 1 Ogbaja Ogbaja PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 arrows arrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 hunt hunt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 20 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 23 advmod _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 24 along along ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 obl _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 trail trail NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 ashes ash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ _ 31 behind behind ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 obj _ _ 35 Nara Nara PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 obl _ _ 41 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 mango mango NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 49 advmod _ _ 48 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 50 Ogbaja Ogbaja PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 51 picking pick VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 49 xcomp _ _ 52 up up ADP RP _ 51 compound:prt _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get up** | past | Ogbaja | | | | morning | early *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **take** | past | Ogbaja *not said here* | Ogbaja's bow and arrows | | | | with Ogbaja | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bow=Theme | | 3 | **hunt** | to-infinitive | Ogbaja *not said here* | | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **go along** | past | Ogbaja | | | | then | along *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **leave** | past | Ogbaja | a trail of ashes behind man | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trail=Theme | | 6 | **follow** | past | Nara | a trail of ashes behind man | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 7 | **come** | past | | | | last | | to the mango tree | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to tree=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **find** | past | Nara | Ogbaja | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent ogbaja=Attribute clause=Theme | | 9 | **pick up** | gerund | Ogbaja *not said here* | the fruit | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Topic | 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/14/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/14/16/) - ↑ back to [Xix.--why the Mist Rises From the Water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/14/)