--- title: She went into the stream until the water came up to her neck, but, b… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: She went into the stream until the water came up to her neck, but, being naturally very timid, she was afraid to go further, and struggled back to the bank, where she said to her husband, “If you wish to live with me you will have to come on to the land, as I cannot live in the water.” Who acts: WIF --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/21/48/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/) / [Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Change…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/21/) / 48 # Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 4, sentence 48 She went into the stream until the water came up to her neck, but, being naturally very timid, she was afraid to go further, and struggled back to the bank, where she said to her husband, “If you wish to live with me you will have to come on to the land, as I cannot live in the water.” **Who acts:** WIFE, water, husband · **What happens:** go, come up, be, struggle back, say, wish · **To what, where:** stream, neck, husband, land, water · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria» by Elphinstone Dayrell, Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (WIFE, water, husband), 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:pg70959:21:48 # text = She went into the stream until the water came up to her neck, but, being naturally very timid, she was afraid to go further, and struggled back to the bank, where she said to her husband, “If you wish to live with me you will have to come on to the land, as I cannot live in the water.” 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 until until SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 10 up up ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 cop _ _ 18 naturally naturally ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 19 very very ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 timid timid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 24 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 conj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 further further ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 struggled struggle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 31 back back ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 38 advmod _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 parataxis _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 43 “ " PUNCT `` _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 If if SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 advcl _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ _ 49 with with ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 obl _ _ 51 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 55 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 xcomp _ _ 56 on on ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 57 to to ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 61 as as SCONJ IN _ 65 mark _ _ 62 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 63 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 64 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 65 advmod _ _ 65 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 conj _ _ 66 in in ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | WIFE | | | the stream | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into stream=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **come up** | past | the water | | | WIFE's neck | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to neck=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | naturally, timid *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | past | WIFE | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **go** | to-infinitive | WIFE *not said here* | | | | | further *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **struggle back** | past | WIFE *not said here* | | | | | to the bank | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | WIFE | | WIFE's husband | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to husband=Recipient | | 8 | **wish** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | WIFE's husband *= husband* | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 9 | **live** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | WIFE's husband *= husband* *not said here* | | | | | with WIFE | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with i=Location | | 10 | **have** *in a quote* | future | WIFE's husband *= husband* | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **come on** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | WIFE's husband *= husband* *not said here* | | | the land | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to land=Initial\_Location | | 12 | **not** **live** *in a quote* | can | WIFE | | | the water | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Location | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/21/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/21/49/) - ↑ back to [Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/21/)