--- title: But his wife was not satisfied, and told her husband that she should… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: But his wife was not satisfied, and told her husband that she should go out and see for herself whether what he had said was true; so she started off along the path to the nearest hare’s house. Who acts: wife, 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 (wife, 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:pg70959:19:60 # text = But his wife was not satisfied, and told her husband that she should go out and see for herself whether what he had said was true; so she started off along the path to the nearest hare’s house. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 satisfied satisfied ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 iobj _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 16 out out ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 18 obl _ _ 21 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 22 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 27 nsubj _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 acl:relcl _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 32 off off ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 along along ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 nearest near ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 39 amod _ _ 39 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’s 's PART POS _ 39 case _ _ 41 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | hare's wife | | | | | satisfied *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | | | wife's husband | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent husband=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **go out** *not said to happen* | should | wife | | | | | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **see** | infinitive | wife *not said here* | | | | | for wife | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | hare | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | past | | | | | | what *nsubj*; true *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **start off** | past | wife | | | | | along the path; to the nearest hare's house | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/19/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/19/61/) - ↑ back to [Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/19/)