--- title: When Odoggha Eyu heard that his brother Oga was dead, he called his… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: When Odoggha Eyu heard that his brother Oga was dead, he called his company together to go with him to Inkum, and remembering how wealthy his father had been, he hired many slaves to carry the property back to Okuni. Who acts: Odoggha, brother. 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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 (Odoggha, brother), 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:pg70959:20:64 # text = When Odoggha Eyu heard that his brother Oga was dead, he called his company together to go with him to Inkum, and remembering how wealthy his father had been, he hired many slaves to carry the property back to Okuni. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 Odoggha Odoggha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 Eyu Eyu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 8 Oga Oga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 together together ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Inkum Inkum PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 remembering remember VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 26 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 27 wealthy wealthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 xcomp _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 hired hire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 35 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 slaves slave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 property property NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 back back ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 Okuni Okuni PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | Odoggha | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | Odoggha's brother | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **call** | past | Odoggha | Oga's company | | | | together *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent company=Recipient | | 4 | **go** | to-infinitive | Odoggha *not said here* | | | Inkum | | with Oga | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to inkum=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **remember** | gerund | Odoggha *not said here* | | | | | wealthy *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **hire** | past | Odoggha | many slaves | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slave=Theme | | 7 | **carry** | to-infinitive | Odoggha *not said here* | the property | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent property=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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/20/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/20/65/) - ↑ back to [Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/20/)