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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 (people, Abang, funeral, chief), 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:pg70959:18:24 # text = The people were so pleased at having Abang to play for them, and admired him so much that when the funeral was over the chief presented him with some cases of gin, cloth and rods, and gave him some boys to carry his loads on the road to Ikom. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 at at SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 8 Abang Abang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 admired admire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 so so ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 much much ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 20 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 funeral funeral NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 24 over over ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 presented present VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 31 det _ _ 31 cases case NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 gin gin NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 rods rod NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 iobj _ _ 42 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 43 det _ _ 43 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 advcl _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 loads load NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obj _ _ 48 on on ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 Ikom Ikom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the people | | | | | pleased *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | gerund | the people *not said here* | Abang | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **play** | to-infinitive | Abang *not said here* | | | | | for people | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent for they=Eventuality | | 4 | **admire** | past | the people *not said here* | Oga | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 5 | **is** | past | the funeral | | | the chief | | | tree rules | | 6 | **present** | past | the chief | | Oga | | | with some cases of gin and cloth and rods | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with case=Theme | | 7 | **give** | past | the people *not said here* | some boys | Oga | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient boy=Theme | | 8 | **carry** | to-infinitive | the people *not said here* | Oga's loads | | the road to Ikom | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/18/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/18/25/) - ↑ back to [Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/18/)