--- title: Then the Elephantiasis got angry, and said to the people, “If you do… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: Then the Elephantiasis got angry, and said to the people, “If you do not tell me at once where the hare is, I will jump on you and you will have to carry me for the rest of your lives.” Who acts: Elephantiasis, 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 (Elephantiasis, 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:pg70959:19:7 # text = Then the Elephantiasis got angry, and said to the people, “If you do not tell me at once where the hare is, I will jump on you and you will have to carry me for the rest of your lives.” 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Elephantiasis elephantiasis NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 If if SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 19 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 iobj _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 18 obl _ _ 22 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 18 ccomp _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 jump jump VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 lives life NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | the Elephantiasis | | | | then | angry *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Elephantiasis *not said here* | | the people | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to people=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · do-support | the people *= people* | | the Elephantiasis *= elephantiasis* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the hare | | | | | where *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **jump** *in a quote* | future | the Elephantiasis *= elephantiasis* | | | | | on the people *= people* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on you=Trajectory | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | future | the people *= people* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **carry** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the people *= people* *not said here* | the Elephantiasis *= elephantiasis* | | | | for the rest of your lives | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/19/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/19/8/) - ↑ back to [Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/19/)