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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, two sticks, these), 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:pg70959:17:31 # text = Ode thought the advice good, and returned to Okuni with the two sticks Ekum had given him; these he gave to his father-in-law, telling him what had happened, and at the same time asking him to try to get Edidor back for him. 1 Ode Ode PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Okuni Okuni PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 sticks stick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 15 Ekum Ekum PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl:relcl _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 20 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 22 nsubj _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 parataxis _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 iobj _ _ 33 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 35 nsubj _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 38 at at ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 42 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ _ 48 Edidor Edidor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 49 back back ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 50 for for ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Ode | the advice | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot advice=Theme | | 2 | **return** | past | Ode *not said here* | | Okuni | | | with the two sticks | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to okuni=Result | | 3 | **give** | past · perfect · passive | the two sticks *not said here* | Ekum | Ode | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient he=Theme | | 4 | **give** | past | these | | Ode's father in law | | | Ode *nsubj* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Theme | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | Ode | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **happen** | past · perfect | | | | | | what *nsubj* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | these *not said here* | | Ode | | time | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **try** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | these *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 9 | **get back** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | these *not said here* | Edidor | | | | for Ode | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent edidor=Theme for he=Beneficiary | 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/32/) - ↑ back to [Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/)