--- title: They dragged him out of the pot at once, and said, “As you do not se… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: They dragged him out of the pot at once, and said, “As you do not seem to like to be killed with fire, we will kill you with the water-pot you took refuge in.” Who acts: people, you, we. 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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 (people, you, we), 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:pg70959:14:62 # text = They dragged him out of the pot at once, and said, “As you do not seem to like to be killed with fire, we will kill you with the water-pot you took refuge in.” 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 dragged drag VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 out out ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 As as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 seem seem VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 xcomp _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 34 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 39 refuge refuge NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 39 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drag** | past | people | Ogbaja | | the pot | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent he=Theme out pot=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **seem** *in a quote* | present · do-support | you | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 4 | **like** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **kill** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive · passive | you *not said here* | | | | | with fire | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 6 | **kill** *in a quote* | future | we | you | | | | with the water pot | vn murder-42.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent you=Patient with pot=Instrument | | 7 | **take** *in a quote* | past | you | refuge | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent refuge=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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/14/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/14/63/) - ↑ back to [Xix.--why the Mist Rises From the Water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/14/)