--- title: Next day, hearing there was a big play being held at Inde, and that… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: Next day, hearing there was a big play being held at Inde, and that all the young men who had returned from fighting, were gathered there, he went over, taking his feather with him. Who acts: big play, young men, play. 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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 (big play, young men, play), 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:pg70959:15:19 # text = Next day, hearing there was a big play being held at Inde, and that all the young men who had returned from fighting, were gathered there, he went over, taking his feather with him. 1 Next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 hearing hearing NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 5 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 6 expl _ _ 6 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 play play NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 10 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Inde Inde PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 17 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 20 det:predet _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 returned return VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 acl:relcl _ _ 24 from from SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 25 fighting fight VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 27 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 gathered gather VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 advcl _ _ 29 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 33 over over ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 feather feather NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | a big play | | | there | day | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **hold** | gerund · passive | | a big play *not said here* | | Inde | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: at inde=Location | | 3 | **return** | past · perfect | all young men | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **fight** | gerund | all young men *not said here* | | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **gather** | past · passive | | all young men | | there | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **go over** | past | play | | | | | over *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **take** | gerund | play *not said here* | play's feather | | | | with play | 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/15/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/15/20/) - ↑ back to [Xxi.--why the Head of the Male Goat Smells So Strong.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/15/)