--- title: After several races of this kind had been held, the fame of the pret… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: After several races of this kind had been held, the fame of the pretty daughter of the bush buck spread far and wide, and many other men and animals came from distant parts to try and win her, but without success. Who acts: fame, many other men, kind. 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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 (fame, many other men, kind), 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:pg70959:21:23 # text = After several races of this kind had been held, the fame of the pretty daughter of the bush buck spread far and wide, and many other men and animals came from distant parts to try and win her, but without success. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 2 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 races race NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 fame fame NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 pretty pretty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 buck buck NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 21 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 21 advmod _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 27 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 28 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 conj _ _ 32 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 distant distant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 parts part NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 acl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 40 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 without without ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 success success NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | past · perfect · passive | | several races of this kind | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **spread** | past | the fame of the pretty daughter of the bush buck | | | | | far *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **come** | past | many other men and animals | | | distant parts | | without success | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from part=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **try** | to-infinitive | many other men and animals *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **win** | infinitive | many other men and animals *not said here* | RACE | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Eventuality | | 6 | **race** | | this kind | | | | | | nom race «event intransitive»: of=agent | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/21/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/21/24/) - ↑ back to [Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/21/)