--- title: The python then reminded him how he had been insulted at the king’s… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: The python then reminded him how he had been insulted at the king’s feast, but added, “If you are hungry you may take some palm nuts, but when I am hungry I shall swallow you.” Who acts: python, Hallo. 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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 (python, Hallo), 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:pg70959:22:16 # text = The python then reminded him how he had been insulted at the king’s feast, but added, “If you are hungry you may take some palm nuts, but when I am hungry I shall swallow you.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 python python NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 reminded remind VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 insulted insult VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ’s 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 added add VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 20 “ " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 If if SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 24 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 advcl _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 28 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 30 det _ _ 29 palm palm NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 nuts nut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 33 when when SCONJ WRB _ 36 mark _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 advcl _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 swallow swallow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remind** *speech: other* | past | the python | | Hallo | | then | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 2 | **insult** | past · perfect · passive | | python | | the king's feast | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 3 | **add** *speech: assert* | past | the python *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | Hallo | | | | | hungry *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **take** *in a quote* | may | Hallo | some palm nuts | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nut=Theme | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the python *= python* | | | | | hungry *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **swallow** *in a quote* | shall | the python *= python* | Hallo | | | | | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/22/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/22/17/) - ↑ back to [Xxix.--why a Python Never Swallows a Tortoise.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/22/)