--- title: After a violent quarrel they eventually went to sleep; but in the mo… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: After a violent quarrel they eventually went to sleep; but in the morning at first cock-crow the hare’s wife got up and packed up all her things, saying that she was going away to find another husband, as she could not possibly live with a hare who had lost half his tail, whether it had been cut by --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/19/56/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/) / [Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Change…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/19/) / 56 # Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 2, sentence 56 After a violent quarrel they eventually went to sleep; but in the morning at first cock-crow the hare’s wife got up and packed up all her things, saying that she was going away to find another husband, as she could not possibly live with a hare who had lost half his tail, whether it had been cut by the ju-ju man or not. **Who acts:** men, wife, hare, ju ju man · **What happens:** go, sleep, get up, pack up, say, go away · **To what, where:** husband, tail · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria» by Elphinstone Dayrell, Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (men, wife, hare, ju ju man), 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:pg70959:19:56 # text = After a violent quarrel they eventually went to sleep; but in the morning at first cock-crow the hare’s wife got up and packed up all her things, saying that she was going away to find another husband, as she could not possibly live with a hare who had lost half his tail, whether it had been cut by the ju-ju man or not. 1 After after ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 violent violent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 quarrel quarrel NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 eventually eventually ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 19 amod _ _ 17 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 crow crow NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ’s 's PART POS _ 21 case _ _ 23 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 25 up up ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 packed pack VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 xcomp _ _ 28 up up ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 29 all all ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 ccomp _ _ 38 away away ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 41 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 42 det _ _ 42 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 44 as as SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 46 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 47 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 49 advmod _ _ 48 possibly possibly ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 ccomp _ _ 50 with with ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 53 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 55 nsubj _ _ 54 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 52 acl:relcl _ _ 56 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 58 det:predet _ _ 57 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 60 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 64 mark _ _ 61 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj:pass _ _ 62 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 63 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 64 aux:pass _ _ 64 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 parataxis _ _ 65 by by ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 67 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 68 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 67 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 compound _ _ 70 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ _ 71 or or CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 72 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 70 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | men *= man* | | | | after a violent quarrel | eventually *property* | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | men *= man* *not said here* | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **get up** | past | the hare's wife | | | | morning | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **pack up** | participle | the hare's wife *not said here* | | | | | all wife's things | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the hare's wife *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **go away** | past · progressive | wife | | | | | away *property* | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **find** | to-infinitive | wife *not said here* | another husband | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Topic | | 8 | **not** **live** | could | wife | | | | | with a hare; possibly *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with hare=Location | | 9 | **lose** | past · perfect | a hare | hare's tail | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Eventuality | | 10 | **cut** | past · perfect · passive | the ju ju man | tail | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Product | 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/19/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/19/57/) - ↑ back to [Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/19/)