--- title: The parents arranged that they would never go to their farm together… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: The parents arranged that they would never go to their farm together, so one day Okongo Osim would go to the farm and leave his wife to look after their daughter, as she could help in the cooking and get water from the river. Who acts: parents, wife. 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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 (parents, wife), 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:pg70959:14:82 # text = The parents arranged that they would never go to their farm together, so one day Okongo Osim would go to the farm and leave his wife to look after their daughter, as she could help in the cooking and get water from the river. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 arranged arrange VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 farm farm NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 together together ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 14 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 15 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl:unmarked _ _ 17 Okongo Okongo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 appos _ _ 18 Osim Osim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 flat _ _ 19 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 farm farm NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 30 after after ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 as as SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 cooking cooking NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 43 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 44 from from ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrange** | past | the parents | | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **go** | would | parents *= parent* | | | parents's farm | | together *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to farm=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **go** | would | | | | the farm | day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to farm=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **leave** | infinitive | | Okongo's wife | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Theme | | 5 | **look** | to-infinitive | | | | | after parents's daughter | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **help** | could | wife | | | the cooking | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **get** | infinitive | wife *not said here* | water | | the river | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent water=Theme from river=Source | 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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/14/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/14/83/) - ↑ back to [Xix.--why the Mist Rises From the Water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/14/)