--- title: When the hare heard the alligator shouting and waving from the bank,… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: When the hare heard the alligator shouting and waving from the bank, he attracted the iguana’s attention and made him understand that the alligator was so pleased at the good work he had done that he wished the iguana to row faster, so he paddled harder than before. 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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 (hare, alligator, iguana), 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:pg70959:16:46 # text = When the hare heard the alligator shouting and waving from the bank, he attracted the iguana’s attention and made him understand that the alligator was so pleased at the good work he had done that he wished the iguana to row faster, so he paddled harder than before. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 alligator alligator NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 shouting shout VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 waving wave VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 conj _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 attracted attract VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 iguana iguana NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ’s 's PART POS _ 17 case _ _ 19 attention attention NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 alligator alligator NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 ccomp _ _ 30 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 acl:relcl _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 iguana iguana NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 row row VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 acl _ _ 44 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 so so ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 paddled paddle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 49 harder hard ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 48 advmod _ _ 50 than than ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 before before ADV RB _ 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | the hare | the alligator | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer alligator=Stimulus | | 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | the alligator *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **wave** | gerund | the alligator *not said here* | | | the bank | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **attract** | past | iguana | the iguana's attention | | | | | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Patient | | 5 | **make** | past | iguana *not said here* | iguana | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **understand** | infinitive | iguana *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is** | past | the alligator | | | the good work | | pleased *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **do** | past · perfect | iguana | the good work *not said here* | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality | | 9 | **wish** | past | iguana | the iguana | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot iguana=Theme | | 10 | **row** | to-infinitive | iguana *not said here* | the iguana *not said here* | | | | fast *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **paddle** | past | iguana | | | | | hard *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **attend** | | the iguana | | | | | | nom attention «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/16/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/16/47/) - ↑ back to [Xxii.--a Story of the Great Famine.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/16/)