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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 (chief, meeting, men), 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:pg70959:17:137 # text = He also told them that what he had done was for the good of all people, and asked them to support him at the meeting, and if it came to a fight, that they should all be on the same side. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 also also ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 nsubj _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 16 det _ _ 16 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 20 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 support support VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 at at ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 meeting meeting NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 if if SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 fight fight NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 38 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 39 all all ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 cop _ _ 41 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | chief | | men *= man* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 2 | **do** | past · perfect | chief | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | | | | | | of all people; what *nsubj*; good *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | chief *not said here* | | men *= man* | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **support** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | chief *not said here* | chief | | the meeting | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 6 | **come** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | meeting | | | a fight | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to fight=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **is** | should | men *= man* | | | the same side | | all *property* | tree rules | 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 136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/136/) - next →: [sentence 138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/138/) - ↑ back to [Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/)