--- title: ’Nyambi thought the plan a good one, so he put some camwood into his… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: ’Nyambi thought the plan a good one, so he put some camwood into his canoe and told the people that he was going down river to trade, and did not expect to return for some few days. Who acts: Nyambi. 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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 (Nyambi), 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:pg70959:17:94 # text = ’Nyambi thought the plan a good one, so he put some camwood into his canoe and told the people that he was going down river to trade, and did not expect to return for some few days. 1 ’ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Nyambi Nyambi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 14 det _ _ 14 camwood camwood NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 into into ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 canoe canoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 iobj _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 ccomp _ _ 26 down down ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 trade trade VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 expect expect VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 40 det _ _ 39 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Nyambi | the plan | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot plan=Theme | | 2 | **put** | past | NYAMBI | some camwood | | NYAMBI's canoe | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent camwood=Goal | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Nyambi *not said here* | | the people | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent people=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **go down** | past · progressive | NYAMBI | river | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **trade** | to-infinitive | NYAMBI *not said here* | | | | | | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **expect** | past · do-support | | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **return** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/95/) - ↑ back to [Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/)