--- title: As the hare was very poor he was in a great state of mind as to how… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: As the hare was very poor he was in a great state of mind as to how he should pay, and although he begged hard Okpa would not listen to him; so at last he made up his mind to consult his wife, and started off, dragging the Elephantiasis with him. Who acts: hare, Okpa. 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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 (hare, Okpa), 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:pg70959:18:58 # text = As the hare was very poor he was in a great state of mind as to how he should pay, and although he begged hard Okpa would not listen to him; so at last he made up his mind to consult his wife, and started off, dragging the Elephantiasis with him. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 advcl _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 15 fixed _ _ 17 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 although although SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 26 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 xcomp _ _ 27 Okpa Okpa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 28 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 ccomp _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 35 at at ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 39 up up ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 consult consult VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 advcl _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 49 off off ADP RP _ 48 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 51 dragging drag VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 48 advcl _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 Elephantiasis Elephantiasis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 54 with with ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the hare | | | | | poor *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | Okpa | | | a great state | | of mind | tree rules | | 3 | **pay** | should | Okpa | | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | Okpa | | | | | hard *property* | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **listen** | would | Okpa | | body | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to he=Theme | | 6 | **make up** | past | Okpa | Okpa's mind | | last | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 7 | **consult** | to-infinitive | Okpa *not said here* | Okpa's wife | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Theme | | 8 | **start off** | past | Okpa *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 9 | **drag** | gerund | Okpa *not said here* | the Elephantiasis | | | | with Okpa | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent elephantiasis=Theme | | 10 | **mind** | | Okpa | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/18/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/18/59/) - ↑ back to [Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/18/)