--- title: The hawk circled round and round and, knowing the habits of the bush… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: The hawk circled round and round and, knowing the habits of the bush cow and having very sharp sight, he very soon caught sight of the bush cow, so he swooped down and took a mouthful of hair and flew back to the eagle and reported that he had found the bush cow, and produced the hair as proof. 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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 (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:pg70959:23:19 # text = The hawk circled round and round and, knowing the habits of the bush cow and having very sharp sight, he very soon caught sight of the bush cow, so he swooped down and took a mouthful of hair and flew back to the eagle and reported that he had found the bush cow, and produced the hair as proof. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 hawk hawk NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 circled circle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 round round ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 round round ADV RB _ 4 conj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 habits habit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 conj _ _ 18 very very ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 very very ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 25 advmod _ _ 25 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 26 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 so so ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 swooped swoop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ _ 35 down down ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 mouthful mouthful NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 44 back back ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 reported report VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 50 that that SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 49 ccomp _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 compound _ _ 56 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 59 produced produce VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obj _ _ 62 as as ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 proof proof NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **circle** | participle | | the hawk *not said here* | | | | round *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **know** | gerund | | the habits of the bush cow | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer habit=Stimulus | | 3 | **have** | gerund | | sharp sight | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Patient | | 4 | **catch** | participle · passive | | the hawk | | | | antelope *nsubj:pass*; sight of the bush cow *obj*; soon *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary sight=Theme | | 5 | **swoop down** | past | antelope | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **take** | past | antelope *not said here* | a mouthful of hair | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouthful=Theme | | 7 | **fly back** | past | antelope *not said here* | | | | | to the eagle *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to eagle=Result | | 8 | **report** | past | antelope *not said here* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 9 | **find** | past · perfect | antelope | the bush cow | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Topic | | 10 | **produce** | past | antelope *not said here* | the hair | | | | as proof | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent hair=Result as proof=Attribute | | 11 | **sight** | | | the bush cow | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/23/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/23/20/) - ↑ 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/)