--- title: Directly she was out of sight the hare ran through the bush as fast… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: Directly she was out of sight the hare ran through the bush as fast as he could to the house his wife was bound for, and as she was carrying a heavy load he got there some little time before her. 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:pg70959:19:61 # text = Directly she was out of sight the hare ran through the bush as fast as he could to the house his wife was bound for, and as she was carrying a heavy load he got there some little time before her. 1 Directly directly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 out out ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 through through ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 as as ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 24 advmod _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 bound bind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 advcl _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 carrying carry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 load load NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 ccomp _ _ 37 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 38 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 40 det _ _ 39 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl:unmarked _ _ 41 before before ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | wife | | | sight | | directly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **run** | past | the hare | | | the bush | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through bush=Trajectory | | 3 | **bind** | could · passive | | hare's wife | | | | fast *property* | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **carry** | past · progressive | wife | a heavy load | | | before path; time | | tree rules | | 5 | **get** | past | hare | | | there | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/19/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/19/62/) - ↑ back to [Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/19/)