--- title: When Oga left the town he received many more presents from the peopl… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: When Oga left the town he received many more presents from the people, and the young men’s company carried his loads into Ikom, which is not far from Adaginkpor, and is a large town on the right-hand of the Cross River. Who acts: Oga, company, Ikom. 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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, company, Ikom), 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:pg70959:18:29 # text = When Oga left the town he received many more presents from the people, and the young men’s company carried his loads into Ikom, which is not far from Adaginkpor, and is a large town on the right-hand of the Cross River. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 Oga Oga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 9 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 amod _ _ 10 presents present NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ’s 's PART POS _ 18 case _ _ 20 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 loads load NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 24 into into ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Ikom Ikom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 32 advmod _ _ 31 from from ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 Adaginkpor Adaginkpor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 41 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 Cross Cross PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 River River PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past | Oga | the town | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent town=Theme | | 2 | **receive** | past | Oga | many more presents | | | | from the people | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent present=Theme from people=Source | | 3 | **carry** | past | the young men's company | Oga's loads | | Ikom and Adaginkpor | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Theme | | 4 | **is** | present | Ikom and Adaginkpor | | | Adaginkpor | | far *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** | present | the young men's company *not said here* | a large town | | the right hand of the Cross River | | | tree rules | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/18/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/18/30/) - ↑ back to [Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/18/)