--- title: As soon as it was light enough to see, the bush cow went off into th… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as it was light enough to see, the bush cow went off into the forest until he came to a favourite swamp of his where he lay down and wallowed in the mud, leaving only a little of his head and back exposed to view. Who acts: match, bush cow, antelope. 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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 (match, bush cow, antelope), 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:pg70959:23:18 # text = As soon as it was light enough to see, the bush cow went off into the forest until he came to a favourite swamp of his where he lay down and wallowed in the mud, leaving only a little of his head and back exposed to view. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 light light ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 enough enough ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 15 off off ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 into into ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 19 until until SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 favourite favourite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 swamp swamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 of of SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 28 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 30 advmod _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 31 down down ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 wallowed wallow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 conj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 mud mud NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 39 only only ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 obj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 back back ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 exposed expose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 conj _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 view view VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | match | | | | | enough, light, soon *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | match *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **go off** | past | the bush cow | | | the forest | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **come** | past | antelope | | | a favourite swamp | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to swamp=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **lie down** | past | antelope | | | | | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **wallow** | participle | antelope *not said here* | | | the mud | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **leave** | gerund | antelope *not said here* | a little of antelope's head | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent little=Theme | | 8 | **expose** | participle | antelope *not said here* | | | | | | vn indicate-78 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic | | 9 | **view** | to-infinitive | antelope *not said here* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1 «NP V how S»: 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/23/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/23/19/) - ↑ back to [Xxx.--the Game of Hide-and-seek As Played By the Hawk and the Bush Cow.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/23/)