--- title: Oga stayed at Adaginkpor for a few days, during which time dances we… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: Oga stayed at Adaginkpor for a few days, during which time dances were held every night, as the moon was full, and all the people came in from their farms to see Abang and hear him play and sing. Who acts: Oga, moon, 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, moon, 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:pg70959:18:28 # text = Oga stayed at Adaginkpor for a few days, during which time dances were held every night, as the moon was full, and all the people came in from their farms to see Abang and hear him play and sing. 1 Oga Oga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Adaginkpor Adaginkpor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 during during ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 obl _ _ 12 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 dances dance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 16 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 17 det _ _ 17 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 23 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 28 det:predet _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 29 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 30 in in ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 from from ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 farms farm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 acl _ _ 36 Abang Abang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | past | Oga | | | Adaginkpor | day | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at adaginkpor=Location | | 2 | **hold** | past · passive | | time dances | | | night | which *obl* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | the moon | | | | | full *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **come in** | past | all people | | | people's farms | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from farm=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **see** | to-infinitive | all people *not said here* | Abang | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer abang=Stimulus | | 6 | **hear** | infinitive | all people *not said here* | Oga | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **play** | infinitive | Oga *not said here* | | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **sing** *speech: express* | infinitive | Oga *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/18/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/18/29/) - ↑ back to [Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/18/)