--- title: Many men and women came to the funeral, as it was known that Oga Eri… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: Many men and women came to the funeral, as it was known that Oga Erim was rich, and Odoggha Eyu provided food and drink for them all, and the feasting, dancing and singing was continued for five days and nights. Who acts: Many men, Oga, Odoggha. 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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 (Many men, Oga, Odoggha), 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:pg70959:20:71 # text = Many men and women came to the funeral, as it was known that Oga Erim was rich, and Odoggha Eyu provided food and drink for them all, and the feasting, dancing and singing was continued for five days and nights. 1 Many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 funeral funeral NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 Oga Oga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 16 Erim Erim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 flat _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 Odoggha Odoggha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 22 Eyu Eyu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 flat _ _ 23 provided provide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 24 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 29 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 28 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 feasting feasting NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 dancing dancing NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 singing singing NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 continued continue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 nummod _ _ 42 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 nights night NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Many men and women | | | the funeral | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to funeral=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **know** | past · passive | | funeral | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** | past | Oga | | | | | rich *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **provide** | past | Odoggha | food and drink | | | | for men *= man* | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Precondition food=Theme for they=Beneficiary | | 5 | **continue** | past · passive | | the feasting and dancing and singing | | | day | | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/20/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/20/72/) - ↑ back to [Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/20/)