--- title: His wife then went on from one hare’s house to another, but each tim… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: His wife then went on from one hare’s house to another, but each time her husband went on in front of her and deceived her in the same way, until at last she got tired and turned back to go home. Who acts: wife. 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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), 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:pg70959:19:71 # text = His wife then went on from one hare’s house to another, but each time her husband went on in front of her and deceived her in the same way, until at last she got tired and turned back to go home. 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’s 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 15 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 16 det _ _ 16 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl:unmarked _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 20 on on ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nmod _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 deceived deceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 27 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 until until ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 parataxis _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 38 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 xcomp _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 41 back back ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 44 home home ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go on** | past | hare's wife | | | one hare's house to another | then | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **go on** | past | | | | front of wife | time | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in front=Location | | 3 | **deceive** | past | | wife | | the same way | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 4 | **get** | past | wife | | | | | tired *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **turn back** | past | wife *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **go** | to-infinitive | wife *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/19/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/19/72/) - ↑ back to [Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/19/)