--- title: This was good news for Oga, as he felt certain of a good reception,… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: This was good news for Oga, as he felt certain of a good reception, so when he came to the small stream just outside the town, where the people always wash on their return from their farms in the evening, he took off his cloth and had a good wash. Who acts: This, 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 (This, 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:pg70959:18:20 # text = This was good news for Oga, as he felt certain of a good reception, so when he came to the small stream just outside the town, where the people always wash on their return from their farms in the evening, he took off his cloth and had a good wash. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Oga Oga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 11 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 reception reception NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 18 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 just just ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 26 outside outside ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 34 advmod _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 33 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 34 advmod _ _ 34 wash wash VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 from from ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 farms farm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 47 off off ADP RP _ 46 compound:prt _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 conj _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 wash wash NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | This | good news | | | | for Oga | tree rules | | 2 | **feel** | past | Oga | | | | | certain *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **come** | past | Oga | | | the small stream and the town | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to stream=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **wash** | present | the people | | | people's return | | from people's farms in the evening; always *property* | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **take off** | past | Oga | Oga's cloth | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloth=Theme | | 6 | **have** | past | Oga *not said here* | a good wash | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wash=Patient | | 7 | **return** | | people | | | | | | nom return «communication intransitive»: 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/18/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/18/21/) - ↑ back to [Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/18/)