--- title: The women then asked the chief what was the matter with him, so he p… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: The women then asked the chief what was the matter with him, so he pointed to his waist, and said he had great pain there, and was unable to move that part of his body. Who acts: women, chief. 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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 (women, chief), 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:pg70959:17:127 # text = The women then asked the chief what was the matter with him, so he pointed to his waist, and said he had great pain there, and was unable to move that part of his body. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 acl:relcl _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 pointed point VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 waist waist NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 25 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 unable unable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 det _ _ 35 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the women | the chief | | | then | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent chief=Recipient | | 2 | **is a** | past | the chief | the matter | | | | with chief | tree rules | | 3 | **point** | past | chief | | chief's waist | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to waist=Recipient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **have** | past | chief | great pain | | there | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pain=Patient | | 6 | **is** | past | the women *not said here* | | | | | unable *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **move** | to-infinitive | the women *not said here* | that part of chief's body | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent part=Theme | 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 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/126/) - next →: [sentence 128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/128/) - ↑ back to [Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/)