--- title: He was then to prepare a big feast and make plenty of strong tombo,… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: He was then to prepare a big feast and make plenty of strong tombo, half of which was to be made from the tombo drawn from the top of the tree and the other half from a tree which had been cut down. Who acts: Chief. 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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 (Chief), 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:pg70959:14:42 # text = He was then to prepare a big feast and make plenty of strong tombo, half of which was to be made from the tombo drawn from the top of the tree and the other half from a tree which had been cut down. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 prepare prepare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 11 plenty plenty NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 tombo tombo NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 11 appos _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 obl _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl:relcl _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 tombo tombo NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl _ _ 27 from from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 25 conj _ _ 37 from from ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 acl:relcl _ _ 44 down down ADP RP _ 43 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Chief | | | | then | a big feast *obj*; prepare *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | infinitive | Chief *not said here* | plenty of strong tombo | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset plenty=Product | | 3 | **make** | past · passive | Chief *not said here* | | | the tombo and the other half from a tree | | of half | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: from tombo=Material | | 4 | **draw** | participle | | the tombo and the other half from a tree *not said here* | | | | from the top of the tree | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from top=Co-Patient | | 5 | **cut down** | past · perfect · passive | | the other half from a tree | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/14/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/14/43/) - ↑ back to [Xix.--why the Mist Rises From the Water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/14/)