--- title: When the eagle had gone, the antelope told the bush cow that he was… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: When the eagle had gone, the antelope told the bush cow that he was very angry indeed with him, and that if he failed to find the hawk again he would make him repay all the money he had lost to the eagle. Who acts: eagle, antelope, king. 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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 (eagle, antelope, king), 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:pg70959:23:21 # text = When the eagle had gone, the antelope told the bush cow that he was very angry indeed with him, and that if he failed to find the hawk again he would make him repay all the money he had lost to the eagle. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 antelope antelope NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 very very ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 ccomp _ _ 18 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 if if SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 failed fail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 hawk hawk NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 again again ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 repay repay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 39 det:predet _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 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 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 acl:relcl _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past · perfect | the eagle | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the antelope | | the bush cow | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent cow=Recipient | | 3 | **is** | past | antelope | | | | | with king; angry, indeed *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **fail** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | antelope | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **not** **find** | to-infinitive | antelope *not said here* | the hawk | | | again | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hawk=Topic | | 6 | **make** | would | antelope | king | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **repay** | infinitive | king *not said here* | all money | | | | | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent money=Recipient | | 8 | **lose** | past · perfect | antelope | all money *not said here* | | | | to the eagle | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Eventuality | 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/23/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/23/22/) - ↑ 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/)