--- title: At this the people were frightened, as they knew the disease well, a… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: At this the people were frightened, as they knew the disease well, and did not wish to have it with them always, so they pointed out the heap of rubbish where the hare was hiding, and the Elephantiasis rolled off towards it. Who acts: people, hare, Elephantiasis. 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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 (people, hare, Elephantiasis), 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:pg70959:19:8 # text = At this the people were frightened, as they knew the disease well, and did not wish to have it with them always, so they pointed out the heap of rubbish where the hare was hiding, and the Elephantiasis rolled off towards it. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 disease disease NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 wish wish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ _ 24 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 pointed point VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 29 out out ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 heap heap NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 rubbish rubbish NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 34 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 38 advmod _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 hiding hide VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 Elephantiasis Elephantiasis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 rolled roll VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 44 off off ADP RP _ 43 compound:prt _ _ 45 towards towards ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **frighten** | past · passive | | the people at this | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **know** | past | people | the disease | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer disease=Stimulus | | 3 | **not** **wish** | past · do-support | people *not said here* | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **have** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | people *not said here* | disease | | | | with people; always *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 5 | **point out** | past | people | the heap of rubbish | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heap=Patient | | 6 | **hide** | past · progressive | the hare | | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **roll off** | past | the Elephantiasis | | | rubbish | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards it=Destination | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/19/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/19/9/) - ↑ back to [Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/19/)