--- title: Odoggha Eyu stood there silent for some time, wondering what had bec… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: Odoggha Eyu stood there silent for some time, wondering what had become of all his father’s wealth and how he could manage to pay all the debts he had incurred on account of the funeral expenses. Who acts: 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 (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:pg70959:20:74 # text = Odoggha Eyu stood there silent for some time, wondering what had become of all his father’s wealth and how he could manage to pay all the debts he had incurred on account of the funeral expenses. 1 Odoggha Odoggha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 Eyu Eyu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 5 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 8 det _ _ 8 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 wondering wonder VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 11 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 nsubj _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 ccomp _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 15 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 17 det:predet _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ’s 's PART POS _ 17 case _ _ 19 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 manage manage VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 29 det:predet _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 debts debt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 incurred incur VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 acl:relcl _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 funeral funeral NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 expenses expense NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | Odoggha | | | there | time | silent *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund | | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **become** | past · perfect | | | | | | of Odoggha's father's wealth; what *nsubj* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **manage** | could | Odoggha | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **pay** | to-infinitive | Odoggha *not said here* | all debts | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent debt=Asset | | 6 | **incur** | past · perfect | Odoggha | all debts *not said here* | | account of the funeral expenses | | | tree rules | | 7 | **account** | | | the funeral expenses | | | | | nom account «communication transitive»: of=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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/20/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/20/75/) - ↑ back to [Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/20/)