--- title: When he got back to the town, he opened the store where all the rods… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: When he got back to the town, he opened the store where all the rods were, and having called all the slaves together, he divided the rods amongst them all, and then locked the door again. Who acts: Oga. 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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 (Oga), 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:pg70959:20:58 # text = When he got back to the town, he opened the store where all the rods were, and having called all the slaves together, he divided the rods amongst them all, and then locked the door again. 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 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 4 back back ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 store store NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 21 advmod _ _ 14 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 16 det:predet _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 rods rod NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 17 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 aux _ _ 21 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl:relcl _ _ 22 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 24 det:predet _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 slaves slave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 xcomp _ _ 25 together together ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 divided divide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 rods rod NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 31 amongst amongst ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 33 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 32 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ _ 37 locked lock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 again again ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get back** | past | Oga | | | | | to the town *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to town=Result | | 2 | **open** | past | Oga | the store | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location store=Theme | | 3 | **call** | past · perfect · passive | | all rods | | | | all slaves *xcomp*; together *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V» | | 4 | **divide** | past | Oga | the rods | | | | amongst slaves *= slave* | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rod=Theme | | 5 | **lock** | past | Oga *not said here* | the door | | | then; again | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient | 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/20/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/20/59/) - ↑ back to [Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/20/)