--- title: And even at the present time you can see that the young alligators h… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: And even at the present time you can see that the young alligators have stripes across their bodies, but the skin of the old ones, which is very rough, does not show the marks made by the hare, except on the tail part. Who acts: you, young alligators, skin. 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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 (you, young alligators, skin), 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:pg70959:16:62 # text = And even at the present time you can see that the young alligators have stripes across their bodies, but the skin of the old ones, which is very rough, does not show the marks made by the hare, except on the tail part. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 even even ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 alligators alligator NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 14 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 15 stripes stripe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 16 across across ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 bodies body NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 very very ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 rough rough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 33 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 marks mark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 38 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl _ _ 39 by by ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 except except ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 44 on on ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | can | you | | | | time | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **have** | present | the young alligators | stripes | | alligators's bodies | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stripe=Patient | | 3 | **is** | present | the skin of the old ones | | | | | rough *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **show** | present · do-support | the skin of the old ones | the marks | | | | the tail part *parataxis* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mark=Recipient | | 5 | **make** | participle | | the marks *not said here* | | | | by the hare | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/16/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/16/63/) - ↑ back to [Xxii.--a Story of the Great Famine.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/16/)