--- title: So one day Oga went to Abang and asked him to change skins with him… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: So one day Oga went to Abang and asked him to change skins with him for a short while, as he would like to know what it felt like to be as strong and handsome as Abang was. Who acts: Oga, company. 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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 (Oga, company), 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:pg70959:18:10 # text = So one day Oga went to Abang and asked him to change skins with him for a short while, as he would like to know what it felt like to be as strong and handsome as Abang was. 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 Oga Oga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Abang Abang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 iobj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 13 skins skin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 29 obj _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 ccomp _ _ 30 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 ccomp _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 cop _ _ 33 as as ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 ccomp _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 conj _ _ 37 as as ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 Abang Abang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Oga | | | Abang | day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to abang=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Oga *not said here* | | Oga | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **change** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Oga *not said here* | skins | | | while | with Oga | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent skin=Theme with he=Co-Agent | | 4 | **is** | would | Oga | | | | | like *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **know** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Oga *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **feel** | past | company | | | | | what *obj* | tree rules | | 7 | **like** | infinitive | company *not said here* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 8 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | company *not said here* | | | | | as Abang; strong *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **be** | | company *not said here* | | | | | | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/18/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/18/11/) - ↑ back to [Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/18/)