--- title: The people of Ikom had heard from Adaginkpor that Abang was going to… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: The people of Ikom had heard from Adaginkpor that Abang was going to visit them, so they were ready for him, and gave him a big feast, and held a play which lasted several days, Oga taking his part in the playing, dancing and singing, as before. Who acts: people, Abang, play. 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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, play), 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:pg70959:18:30 # text = The people of Ikom had heard from Adaginkpor that Abang was going to visit them, so they were ready for him, and gave him a big feast, and held a play which lasted several days, Oga taking his part in the playing, dancing and singing, as before. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Ikom Ikom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Adaginkpor Adaginkpor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 Abang Abang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 ccomp _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 visit visit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 iobj _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 play play NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 lasted last VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 37 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 Oga Oga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 taking take VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 32 ccomp _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 playing playing NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 dancing dance VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 41 conj _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 singing sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 as as ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 before before ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past · perfect | the people of Ikom | | | Adaginkpor | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source how S»: agent=Agent from adaginkpor=Source clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** | past · progressive | Abang | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **visit** | to-infinitive | Abang *not said here* | people | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Co-Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | people | | | | | for Adaginkpor; ready *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **give** | past | the people of Ikom *not said here* | a big feast | Adaginkpor | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient feast=Theme | | 6 | **hold** | past | the people of Ikom *not said here* | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **last** | past | a play | | | | day | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **take** | gerund | a play | Oga's part | | the playing | | Oga *nsubj* | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent part=Value in playing=Location | | 9 | **dance** | gerund | a play *not said here* | | | | | before *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | a play *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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/18/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/18/31/) - ↑ back to [Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/18/)