--- title: The first glass was given to the head slave, who had brought the tom… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: The first glass was given to the head slave, who had brought the tombo, and he threw it on the ground, asking Ossorwor (God) to bless Chief Erim with plenty of wealth and long life. Who acts: Chief. 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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), 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:pg70959:20:24 # text = The first glass was given to the head slave, who had brought the tombo, and he threw it on the ground, asking Ossorwor (God) to bless Chief Erim with plenty of wealth and long life. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 amod _ _ 3 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl:relcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 tombo tombo NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 26 Ossorwor Ossorwor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 27 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 28 punct _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 bless bless VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 32 Chief Chief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 33 Erim Erim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 flat _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 plenty plenty NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past · passive | | the first glass | the head slave | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to slave=Recipient | | 2 | **bring** | past · perfect · passive | | the head slave | | | | the tombo *obj* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Destination tombo=Theme | | 3 | **throw** | past | Chief | tombo | | the ground | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme on ground=Destination | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | Chief *not said here* | | Ossorwor | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent ossorwor=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **bless** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Chief *not said here* | Chief | | | | with plenty of wealth and long life | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chief=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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/20/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/20/25/) - ↑ back to [Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/20/)