--- title: So the goat said, “How is it you are not rubbed with camwood?” and s… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: So the goat said, “How is it you are not rubbed with camwood?” and showed her his ball, saying, “In my country no woman can be properly married unless she is rubbed all over with camwood.” Who acts: goat. 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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), 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:pg70959:15:33 # text = So the goat said, “How is it you are not rubbed with camwood?” and showed her his ball, saying, “In my country no woman can be properly married unless she is rubbed all over with camwood.” 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 6 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 rubbed rub VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 camwood camwood NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 20 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 iobj _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 26 “ " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 In in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 30 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 31 det _ _ 31 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 aux:pass _ _ 34 properly properly ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 ccomp _ _ 36 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 rubbed rub VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 advcl _ _ 40 all all ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 over over ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 camwood camwood NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | the goat | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present · passive | | house | | | | with camwood; you *nsubj:pass*; rub *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **show** | past | the goat *not said here* | farmer's ball | woman | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient ball=Topic | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the goat *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **marry** *in a quote* | can · passive | | no woman | | my country | | properly *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **rub** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · passive | | woman | | | | with camwood; over *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with camwood=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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/15/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/15/34/) - ↑ back to [Xxi.--why the Head of the Male Goat Smells So Strong.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/15/)