--- title: When he saw what a terrible flogging his wife had received, his hear… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: When he saw what a terrible flogging his wife had received, his heart was full of rage against Chief Erim, so that very night he went to every slave, and they all agreed to kill their master. Who acts: Chief, wife, heart, wives. 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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 (Chief, wife, heart, wives), 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:pg70959:20:16 # text = When he saw what a terrible flogging his wife had received, his heart was full of rage against Chief Erim, so that very night he went to every slave, and they all agreed to kill their master. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 obj _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 flogging flog VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 received receive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 rage rage NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 19 against against ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Chief Chief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 Erim Erim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 24 that that ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 very very ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 31 det _ _ 31 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 36 advmod _ _ 36 agreed agree VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | Chief | | | | | what *obj* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 2 | **flog** | gerund | Chief *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **receive** | past · perfect | Chief's wife | | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | Chief's heart | | | | | of rage against Chief; full *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **go** | past | Chief | | | every slave | night | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to slave=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | wives *= wife* | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **kill** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | wives *= wife* *not said here* | slaves's master | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent master=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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/20/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/20/17/) - ↑ back to [Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/20/)