--- title: When the hare got home, he went to the parrot and told him what had… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: When the hare got home, he went to the parrot and told him what had happened to him, and warned the parrot that he should do his best to kill him for leaving him on the palm-tree to the danger of his life, unless for the future the parrot lived by the waterside, as that was where he got his food fro --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/16/59/) [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/) / 59 # Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxii.--a Story of the Great Famine., sentence 59 When the hare got home, he went to the parrot and told him what had happened to him, and warned the parrot that he should do his best to kill him for leaving him on the palm-tree to the danger of his life, unless for the future the parrot lived by the waterside, as that was where he got his food from. **Who acts:** hare, iguana, parrot, that · **What happens:** get, go, tell, happen, warn, do · **To what, where:** iguana, parrot, best, palm tree, food · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (hare, iguana, parrot, that), 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:pg70959:16:59 # text = When the hare got home, he went to the parrot and told him what had happened to him, and warned the parrot that he should do his best to kill him for leaving him on the palm-tree to the danger of his life, unless for the future the parrot lived by the waterside, as that was where he got his food from. 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 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 5 home home ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 parrot parrot NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 iobj _ _ 15 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 17 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 ccomp _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 warned warn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 parrot parrot NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 ccomp _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 28 obj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 csubj _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 for for SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 35 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 39 palm palm NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 49 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 50 for for ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 future future NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 parrot parrot NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 55 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 56 by by ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 waterside waterside NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 60 as as SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 61 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 63 nsubj _ _ 62 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 cop _ _ 63 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 65 advmod _ _ 64 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 65 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 conj _ _ 66 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 67 nmod:poss _ _ 67 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obj _ _ 68 from from ADP IN _ 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | the hare | | | | | home *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **go** | past | iguana | | | | | to the parrot | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to parrot=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | iguana *not said here* | | iguana | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **happen** | past · perfect | | | iguana | | | what *nsubj* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past | iguana *not said here* | | the parrot | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent parrot=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **do** | should | iguana | iguana's best | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality | | 7 | **kill** | to-infinitive | | iguana | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 8 | **leave** | gerund | | iguana | | the palm tree | | to the danger of iguana's life | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme on tree=Location | | 9 | **live** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the parrot | | | | | for the future; by the waterside | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by waterside=Location | | 10 | **is** | past | that | | | | | where *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **get** | past | iguana | iguana's food | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer food=Stimulus | 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/16/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/16/60/) - ↑ back to [Xxii.--a Story of the Great Famine.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/16/)