--- title: After he had gone a short distance further the hare thought he would… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: After he had gone a short distance further the hare thought he would try another trick to get rid of the disease, so, seeing some rubber vines growing near with ripe fruit, he said to the Elephantiasis, “I am still very hungry, are you not hungry also? Who acts: ELEPHANTIASIS, hare, rubber vines. 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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 (ELEPHANTIASIS, hare, rubber vines), 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:pg70959:18:61 # text = After he had gone a short distance further the hare thought he would try another trick to get rid of the disease, so, seeing some rubber vines growing near with ripe fruit, he said to the Elephantiasis, “I am still very hungry, are you not hungry also? 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 further further ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 15 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 16 det _ _ 16 trick trick NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 acl _ _ 19 rid rid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 xcomp _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 disease disease NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 24 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 ccomp _ _ 27 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 29 det _ _ 28 rubber rubber NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 vines vine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 30 growing grow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 29 acl _ _ 31 near near ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 ripe ripe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 Elephantiasis elephantiasis NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 42 “ " PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 44 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 45 still still ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 46 very very ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 50 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 52 advmod _ _ 52 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 parataxis _ _ 53 also also ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past · perfect | ELEPHANTIASIS | a short distance | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location distance=Theme | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the hare | | | | | further *property* | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **try** | would | ELEPHANTIASIS | another trick | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **get** | to-infinitive | ELEPHANTIASIS *not said here* | another trick *not said here* | | | | rid *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **see** | gerund | | some rubber vines | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vine=Stimulus | | 6 | **grow** | gerund | some rubber vines *not said here* | | | | | with ripe fruit; near *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | ELEPHANTIASIS | | the Elephantiasis | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to elephantiasis=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | present | ELEPHANTIASIS | | | | still | hungry *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | the Elephantiasis *= elephantiasis* | | | | | hungry *property* | 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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/18/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/18/62/) - ↑ back to [Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/18/)