--- title: The head slave then handed the keys to Odoggha Eyu, who went first o… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: The head slave then handed the keys to Odoggha Eyu, who went first of all to the house where his father always kept his rods; when he opened the door and went inside there were no rods to be seen. Who acts: head slave, father, rods. 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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 (head slave, father, rods), 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:pg70959:20:73 # text = The head slave then handed the keys to Odoggha Eyu, who went first of all to the house where his father always kept his rods; when he opened the door and went inside there were no rods to be seen. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 5 handed hand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 keys key NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Odoggha Odoggha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 Eyu Eyu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 14 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 13 advmod _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 14 obl _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 20 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 24 advmod _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 23 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 24 advmod _ _ 24 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 rods rod NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 28 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 35 inside inside ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 37 expl _ _ 37 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 38 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 39 det _ _ 39 rods rod NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hand** | past | the head slave | the keys | Odoggha | | then | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent key=Theme to odoggha=Destination | | 2 | **go** | past | | | | the house | | who *nsubj*; first *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **keep** | past | Odoggha's father | father's rods | | | | always *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rod=Theme | | 4 | **open** | past | father | the door | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme | | 5 | **go** | past | father *not said here* | | | | | inside *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **be** | past | no rods | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **see** | to-infinitive · passive | no rods *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V» | 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/20/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/20/74/) - ↑ back to [Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/20/)