--- title: One day, when the bush buck’s daughter went down to the spring to ge… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: One day, when the bush buck’s daughter went down to the spring to get drinking-water, she met a young frog, who fell in love with her and decided to ask her father’s consent to their marriage. Who acts: daughter, young frog, father, animals. 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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 (daughter, young frog, father, animals), 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:pg70959:21:24 # text = One day, when the bush buck’s daughter went down to the spring to get drinking-water, she met a young frog, who fell in love with her and decided to ask her father’s consent to their marriage. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 buck buck NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’s 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 down down ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 17 drinking drinking NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 decided decide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ’s 's PART POS _ 38 case _ _ 40 consent consent NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go down** | past | the bush buck's daughter | | | | day; spring | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | the bush buck's daughter *not said here* | drinking water | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer water=Stimulus | | 3 | **meet** | past | DAUGHTER | a young frog | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frog=Co-Agent | | 4 | **fall** | past | a young frog | | | love | | with DAUGHTER | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in love=Location | | 5 | **decide** | past | a young frog *not said here* | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a young frog *not said here* | DAUGHTER's father's consent | | | | to animals's marriage | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent consent=Recipient | | 7 | **consent** | | DAUGHTER's father | | | | | | nom consent «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **marry** | | animals *= animal* | | | | | | nom marriage «state transitive»: poss=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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/21/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/21/25/) - ↑ back to [Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/21/)