--- title: He then pulled the hare out of the bag, and having placed him on the… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: He then pulled the hare out of the bag, and having placed him on the top of the palm-tree, flew off to the next tree, where he was joined by the rest of his family, to whom he related the way in which he had punished the hare, and shortly afterwards they all flew home, leaving the hare on the island --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/16/17/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/) / [Xxii.--a Story of the Great Famine.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/16/) / 17 # Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxii.--a Story of the Great Famine., sentence 17 He then pulled the hare out of the bag, and having placed him on the top of the palm-tree, flew off to the next tree, where he was joined by the rest of his family, to whom he related the way in which he had punished the hare, and shortly afterwards they all flew home, leaving the hare on the island. **Who acts:** friend, rest, trees · **What happens:** pull, place, fly off, join, relate, punish · **To what, where:** hare, bag, friend, top, way, island This is a sentence of «Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria» by Elphinstone Dayrell, Xxii.--a Story of the Great Famine.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (friend, rest, trees), 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:pg70959:16:17 # text = He then pulled the hare out of the bag, and having placed him on the top of the palm-tree, flew off to the next tree, where he was joined by the rest of his family, to whom he related the way in which he had punished the hare, and shortly afterwards they all flew home, leaving the hare on the island. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 pulled pull VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 out out ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 aux _ _ 13 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 20 palm palm NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 25 off off ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 34 advmod _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 joined join VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 conj _ _ 35 by by ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Int 24 conj _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 related relate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 52 obl _ _ 50 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj:pass _ _ 51 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 punished punish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 acl:relcl _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 57 shortly shortly ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 58 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 59 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 60 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 61 advmod _ _ 61 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 62 home home ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 64 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 61 advcl _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obj _ _ 67 on on ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull** | past | friend | the hare | | the bag | then | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent hare=Theme out bag=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **place** | gerund · perfect | friend *not said here* | friend | | the top of the palm tree | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme on top=Destination | | 3 | **fly off** | past | | | | | | to the next tree *result*; whom *conj* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to tree=Result | | 4 | **join** | past · passive | the rest of friend's family | friend | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 5 | **relate** | past | friend | the way | | | | | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme | | 6 | **punish** | past · perfect · passive | | friend | | the way | | the hare *obj* | tree rules | | 7 | **fly** | past | trees *= tree* | | | | | afterwards, home *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **leave** | gerund | trees *= tree* *not said here* | the hare | | the island | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hare=Theme on island=Location | 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/16/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/16/18/) - ↑ back to [Xxii.--a Story of the Great Famine.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/16/)