--- title: As the people were sorry for the hare, they agreed to do what he ask… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: As the people were sorry for the hare, they agreed to do what he asked, and put him in a heap of rubbish where he could not be seen; they then went on with their work. Who acts: people, hare. 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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, hare), 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:pg70959:19:3 # text = As the people were sorry for the hare, they agreed to do what he asked, and put him in a heap of rubbish where he could not be seen; they then went on with their work. 1 As as ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 agreed agree VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 obj _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 heap heap NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 rubbish rubbish NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 31 advmod _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 28 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ _ 35 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 36 on on ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | | | as the people; for the hare; sorry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | people | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | people *not said here* | | | | | what *obj* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | hare | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **put** | infinitive | people *not said here* | hare | | a heap of rubbish | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in heap=Destination | | 6 | **not** **see** | could · passive | | hare | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 7 | **go on** | past | people | | | | then | with people's work | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **work** | | people | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/19/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/19/4/) - ↑ back to [Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/19/)