--- title: As soon as he was ready he went to the house where the funeral was g… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as he was ready he went to the house where the funeral was going on, and told the people that he was the celebrated Abang from Bendega, whom they had wanted to see for such a long time. Who acts: Oga, funeral, people, celebrated Abang. 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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, funeral, people, celebrated Abang), 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:pg70959:18:22 # text = As soon as he was ready he went to the house where the funeral was going on, and told the people that he was the celebrated Abang from Bendega, whom they had wanted to see for such a long time. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 advcl _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 16 advmod _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 funeral funeral NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 acl:relcl _ _ 17 on on ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 iobj _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 celebrated celebrate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 amod _ _ 28 Abang Abang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 29 from from ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Bendega Bendega PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 obj _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 wanted want VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 acl:relcl _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 42 det:predet _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Oga | | | | | ready *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | past | Oga | | | the house | | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **go on** | past · progressive | the funeral | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | | | the people | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent people=Recipient | | 5 | **celebrate** | participle | | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** | past | Oga | the celebrated Abang | | Bendega | | | tree rules | | 7 | **want** | past · perfect | people | the celebrated Abang | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the celebrated Abang *not said here* | | | | time | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/18/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/18/23/) - ↑ back to [Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/18/)