--- title: But the hare, seeing that trouble was likely to come, and not liking… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: But the hare, seeing that trouble was likely to come, and not liking the idea of being nipped by the crab’s strong claws, with which she had just killed his enemy, took the pot off the fire and ran away with the meat. Who acts: hare, trouble, strong claws. 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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, trouble, strong claws), 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:pg70959:19:42 # text = But the hare, seeing that trouble was likely to come, and not liking the idea of being nipped by the crab’s strong claws, with which she had just killed his enemy, took the pot off the fire and ran away with the meat. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 likely likely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 ccomp _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 liking like VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 of of SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 nipped nip VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl _ _ 21 by by ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 crab crab NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ’s 's PART POS _ 23 case _ _ 25 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 claws claw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 obl _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 just just ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 conj _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 37 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 off off ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 45 away away ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | gerund | the hare *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | trouble | | | | | likely *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **come** | to-infinitive | trouble *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **not** **like** | gerund | the hare *not said here* | the idea | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot idea=Theme | | 5 | **nip** | gerund · passive | the crab's strong claws | the idea *not said here* | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **kill** | past · perfect · passive | | crab | | | | with the crab's strong claws; hare's enemy *obj* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer enemy=Result | | 7 | **take** | past | the hare | the pot | | the fire | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent pot=Theme off fire=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **run away** | past | the hare *not said here* | | | | | with the meat; away *property* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with meat=Material | 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/19/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/19/43/) - ↑ back to [Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/19/)