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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 (This, last), 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:pg70959:17:122 # text = This went on for some time, until at last his wives got tired of being alone and began to desert him and go to other men, and very soon he was left with only boys in the house. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 until until SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 nsubj _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 wives wife NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 13 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 14 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 xcomp _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 cop _ _ 17 alone alone ADV RB _ 14 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 desert desert VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 30 very very ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 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 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 only only ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go on** | past | This | | | | time | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **get** | past | last wound's wives | | | | | tired *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | alone *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **begin** | past | last wound's wives *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **desert** | to-infinitive | last wound's wives *not said here* | wound | | | | | vn leave-51.2-1 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme he=Source | | 6 | **go** | infinitive | last wound's wives *not said here* | | | | | to other men | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to man=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **leave** | past · passive | | wound | | the house | | with boys; soon *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in house=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 121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/121/) - next →: [sentence 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/123/) - ↑ back to [Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/)