--- title: He did this as he had made up his mind to run away in Abang’s skin a… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: He did this as he had made up his mind to run away in Abang’s skin and go round the country, where he knew the people would be certain to give him many presents. Who acts: Oga, people. 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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, people), 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:pg70959:18:11 # text = He did this as he had made up his mind to run away in Abang’s skin and go round the country, where he knew the people would be certain to give him many presents. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 obj _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 13 away away ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 Abang Abang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ’s 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 20 round round ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 26 advmod _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 29 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 cop _ _ 31 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 ccomp _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 iobj _ _ 35 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 presents present NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Oga | this | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality | | 2 | **make up** | past · perfect | Oga | Oga's mind | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 3 | **run away** | to-infinitive | Oga *not said here* | | | Abang's skin | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in skin=Trajectory | | 4 | **go** | present | Oga *not said here* | | | the country | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme round country=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **know** | past | Oga | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is** | would | the people | | | | | certain *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **give** | to-infinitive | the people *not said here* | many presents | Oga | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient present=Theme | | 8 | **mind** | | Oga | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/18/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/18/12/) - ↑ back to [Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/18/)