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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 (you, I, we), 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:pg70959:18:63 # text = If you will stop on the ground I will climb the vine and throw the rubber fruit down to you, and you can gather it and put it in the bag, and then we shall have plenty to eat on the road.” 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 climb climb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 vine vine NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 rubber rubber NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 down down ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 gather gather VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ _ 36 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 parataxis _ _ 39 plenty plenty NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 acl _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | you | | | the ground | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **climb** | future | I | the vine | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location vine=Theme | | 3 | **throw** | infinitive | I *not said here* | the rubber fruit | you | | | down *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent fruit=Theme to you=Destination | | 4 | **gather** | can | you | fruit | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **put** | infinitive | you *not said here* | fruit | | the bag | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in bag=Destination | | 6 | **have** | shall | we | plenty | | | then | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plenty=Patient | | 7 | **eat** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | plenty *not said here* | | the road | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/18/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/18/64/) - ↑ back to [Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/18/)