--- title: When he got to the town he put the hawk’s feather on the ground in a… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: When he got to the town he put the hawk’s feather on the ground in a place where everyone could see it, and then went for a walk round the town, eating a few freshly fallen leaves from the ju-ju tree as he went. Who acts: play, everyone. 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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 (play, everyone), 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:pg70959:15:20 # text = When he got to the town he put the hawk’s feather on the ground in a place where everyone could see it, and then went for a walk round the town, eating a few freshly fallen leaves from the ju-ju tree as he went. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 hawk hawk NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’s 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 feather feather NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 19 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 22 advmod _ _ 20 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 22 nsubj _ _ 21 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 acl:relcl _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ _ 27 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 walk walk NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 round round ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 eating eat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 37 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 38 freshly freshly ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 amod _ _ 40 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 41 from from ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 43 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ju ju PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 47 as as SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | play | | | | | to the town *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to town=Result | | 2 | **put** | past | play | the hawk's feather | | the ground | | in a place | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent feather=Theme on ground=Destination | | 3 | **see** | could | everyone | place | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 4 | **go** | past | play *not said here* | | | | then | for a walk round the town | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for walk=Beneficiary | | 5 | **eat** | gerund | play *not said here* | a few fallen leaves | | the ju ju tree | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Patient | | 6 | **fall** | participle | | | | | | freshly *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **go** | past | play | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/15/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/15/21/) - ↑ back to [Xxi.--why the Head of the Male Goat Smells So Strong.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/15/)