--- title: One day when she went to the spring to draw water the frog called ou… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: One day when she went to the spring to draw water the frog called out to her to return to him, but, as she refused to do so, the frog lost his wife for ever whom he had won so cleverly. Who acts: WIFE, frog. 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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 (WIFE, frog), 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:pg70959:21:51 # text = One day when she went to the spring to draw water the frog called out to her to return to him, but, as she refused to do so, the frog lost his wife for ever whom he had won so cleverly. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 draw draw VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 11 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl _ _ 15 out out ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 39 advmod _ _ 39 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 obl _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 won win VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 acl:relcl _ _ 43 so so ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 cleverly cleverly ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | WIFE | | | | day; spring | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **draw** | to-infinitive | WIFE *not said here* | water | | | | the frog *obj* | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent water=Beneficiary frog=Result | | 3 | **call out** *speech: assert* | participle | | the frog *not said here* | WIFE | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient | | 4 | **return** | to-infinitive | | | FROG | | | | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to he=Result | | 5 | **refuse** | past | WIFE | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **not** **do** | to-infinitive | WIFE *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **lose** | past | the frog | FROG's wife | | | | whom *obl* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Eventuality | | 8 | **win** | past · perfect | FROG | | | | | cleverly *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/21/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/21/52/) - ↑ back to [Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/21/)