--- title: Ode started off in a big canoe the following morning; but when he go… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: Ode started off in a big canoe the following morning; but when he got to the other side of the river he heard a kingfisher making a noise on his right-hand side, in a bush overhanging the river. Who acts: Ode, kingfisher, bush. 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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 (Ode, kingfisher, bush), 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:pg70959:17:14 # text = Ode started off in a big canoe the following morning; but when he got to the other side of the river he heard a kingfisher making a noise on his right-hand side, in a bush overhanging the river. 1 Ode Ode PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 off off ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 canoe canoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 amod _ _ 10 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 13 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 kingfisher kingfisher NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 making make VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 acl _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 32 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 40 overhanging overhang VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 39 acl _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start off** | past | Ode | | | a big canoe | morning | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **get** | past | Ode | | | | | to the other side of the river *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to side=Result | | 4 | **hear** | past | Ode | a kingfisher | | a bush | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer kingfisher=Stimulus | | 5 | **make** | gerund | a kingfisher *not said here* | a noise | | Ode's hand side | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset noise=Product | | 6 | **overhang** | gerund | a bush *not said here* | the river | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme river=Co-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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/15/) - ↑ back to [Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/)