--- title: The next day the goat went on into a country where the people did no… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: The next day the goat went on into a country where the people did not use camwood as a part of the marriage ceremony, and went from house to house looking for a girl who had just been circumcised and was about to be married. Who acts: goat, people. 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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, people), 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:pg70959:15:31 # text = The next day the goat went on into a country where the people did not use camwood as a part of the marriage ceremony, and went from house to house looking for a girl who had just been circumcised and was about to be married. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 on on ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 into into ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 16 advmod _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 14 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 acl:relcl _ _ 17 camwood camwood NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 18 as as ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 ceremony ceremony NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 32 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 38 just just ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 39 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 circumcised circumcise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl:relcl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 43 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 conj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 45 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go on** | past | the goat | | | a country | day | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **use** | past · do-support | the people | camwood | | | | as a part of the marriage ceremony | vn spend\_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent camwood=Duration as part=Attribute | | 3 | **go** | past | | | | house to house | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from house=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | for a girl | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for girl=Theme | | 5 | **circumcise** | past · perfect · passive | | a girl | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **is** | past | | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **marry** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V» | 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/15/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/15/32/) - ↑ back to [Xxi.--why the Head of the Male Goat Smells So Strong.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/15/)