--- title: Ibanang then said she was going down to the river to get water to bo… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: Ibanang then said she was going down to the river to get water to boil the yams in, but, instead of doing as she proposed, she left her water-pot on the ground outside the house, and ran off along the path which she knew her mother always took to go to the farm. 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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 (Ibanang, wife, water, mother), 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:pg70959:14:86 # text = Ibanang then said she was going down to the river to get water to boil the yams in, but, instead of doing as she proposed, she left her water-pot on the ground outside the house, and ran off along the path which she knew her mother always took to go to the farm. 1 Ibanang Ibanang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 7 down down ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 13 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 boil boil VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 yams yam NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 18 in in ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 22 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=SCONJ 24 mark _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 22 fixed _ _ 24 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 proposed propose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 32 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 38 outside outside ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 44 off off ADP RP _ 43 compound:prt _ _ 45 along along ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 48 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 50 obj _ _ 49 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 acl:relcl _ _ 51 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 53 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 54 advmod _ _ 54 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 ccomp _ _ 55 to to PART TO _ 56 mark _ _ 56 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 xcomp _ _ 57 to to ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 farm farm NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Ibanang | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go down** | past · progressive | wife | | | | | to the river; down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 3 | **get** | to-infinitive | wife *not said here* | water | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **boil in** | to-infinitive | water *not said here* | the yams | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent yam=Patient | | 5 | **do** | gerund | wife *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **propose** | past | wife | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **leave** | past | wife | wife's water pot | | the ground outside the house | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent pot=Theme on ground=Location | | 8 | **run off** | past | Ibanang *not said here* | | | the path | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along path=Trajectory | | 9 | **know** | past | wife | the path | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **take** | past | wife's mother | | | | | always *property* | vn require-103 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition | | 11 | **go** | to-infinitive | wife's mother *not said here* | | | the farm | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to farm=Initial\_Location | 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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/14/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/14/87/) - ↑ back to [Xix.--why the Mist Rises From the Water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/14/)