--- title: The goat was not very satisfied with this, but as he did not see any… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: The goat was not very satisfied with this, but as he did not see any way to get anything else out of the hawk, he had to pretend that he was contented, and took the feather home. Who acts: goat, hawk. 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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 (goat, hawk), 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:pg70959:15:18 # text = The goat was not very satisfied with this, but as he did not see any way to get anything else out of the hawk, he had to pretend that he was contented, and took the feather home. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 satisfied satisfied ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 16 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 17 det _ _ 17 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 20 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 19 obj _ _ 21 else else ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 out out ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 hawk hawk NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 pretend pretend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 contented content VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 feather feather NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 home home ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | the goat | | | | | with this; satisfied *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **see** | past · do-support | hawk | any way | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus | | 3 | **get** | to-infinitive | hawk *not said here* | anything | | | | out the hawk | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus | | 4 | **have** | past | hawk | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **pretend** | to-infinitive | hawk *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **content** | past · passive | | hawk | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 7 | **take** | past | hawk *not said here* | the feather | | | | home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/15/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/15/19/) - ↑ back to [Xxi.--why the Head of the Male Goat Smells So Strong.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/15/)