--- title: The parrot did not notice this, as he thought that some of his famil… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: The parrot did not notice this, as he thought that some of his family were also eating close at hand, so he continued to put nuts into the bag, but could not understand why it was that the bag did not get full. Who acts: parrot, plenty, some, bag. 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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 (parrot, plenty, some, bag), 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:pg70959:16:12 # text = The parrot did not notice this, as he thought that some of his family were also eating close at hand, so he continued to put nuts into the bag, but could not understand why it was that the bag did not get full. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 parrot parrot NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 notice notice VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 12 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 18 nsubj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 also also ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 eating eat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 ccomp _ _ 19 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 xcomp _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 nuts nut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 29 into into ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 understand understand VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 37 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 45 advmod _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 43 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 45 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 46 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **notice** | past · do-support | the parrot | this | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | plenty | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **eat** | past · progressive | some of plenty's family | | | | | close *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **continue** | past | plenty | | | | | | vn continue-55.3 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **put** | to-infinitive | plenty *not said here* | nuts | | the bag | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent nut=Goal | | 6 | **not** **understand** | could | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **not** **is** | past · do-support | bag | | | | | full, get *property* | tree rules | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/16/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/16/13/) - ↑ back to [Xxii.--a Story of the Great Famine.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/16/)