--- title: For some time the bush cow ran about in all directions searching for… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: For some time the bush cow ran about in all directions searching for the hawk, until at last, as he could not find him, he thought the hawk must have gone home, so he charged back again through the bush to the hawk’s house and at times the hawk had to follow him by flying as the bush was so thick, b --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/23/25/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/) / [Xxx.--the Game of Hide-and-seek As Pla…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/23/) / 25 # Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxx.--the Game of Hide-and-seek As Played By the Hawk and the Bush Cow., sentence 25 For some time the bush cow ran about in all directions searching for the hawk, until at last, as he could not find him, he thought the hawk must have gone home, so he charged back again through the bush to the hawk’s house and at times the hawk had to follow him by flying as the bush was so thick, but when the country was open he quickly settled quite softly on the bush cow’s horns again. **Who acts:** bush cow, directions, antelope, hawk, bush, country · **What happens:** run about, search, not find, think, go, charge back · **To what, where:** directions, king, bush, antelope · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria» by Elphinstone Dayrell, Xxx.--the Game of Hide-and-seek As Played By the Hawk and the Bush Cow.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (bush cow, directions, antelope, hawk), 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:pg70959:23:25 # text = For some time the bush cow ran about in all directions searching for the hawk, until at last, as he could not find him, he thought the hawk must have gone home, so he charged back again through the bush to the hawk’s house and at times the hawk had to follow him by flying as the bush was so thick, but when the country was open he quickly settled quite softly on the bush cow’s horns again. 1 For for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 about about ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 11 det _ _ 11 directions direction NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 12 searching search VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 acl _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 hawk hawk NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 until until ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 parataxis _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 hawk hawk NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 32 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 aux _ _ 34 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 ccomp _ _ 35 home home ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 so so ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 charged charge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 40 back back ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 again again ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 42 through through ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 hawk hawk NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ’s 's PART POS _ 47 case _ _ 49 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 51 at at ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 obl _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 hawk hawk NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 55 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 56 to to PART TO _ 57 mark _ _ 57 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 xcomp _ _ 58 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 obj _ _ 59 by by SCONJ IN _ 60 mark _ _ 60 flying fly VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 57 advcl _ _ 61 as as SCONJ IN _ 66 mark _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 nsubj _ _ 64 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 66 cop _ _ 65 so so ADV RB _ 66 advmod _ _ 66 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 68 but but CCONJ CC _ 73 cc _ _ 69 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 73 advmod _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 nsubj _ _ 72 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 73 cop _ _ 73 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 parataxis _ _ 74 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 76 nsubj _ _ 75 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 76 advmod _ _ 76 settled settle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 73 conj _ _ 77 quite quite ADV RB _ 78 advmod _ _ 78 softly softly ADV RB _ 76 advmod _ _ 79 on on ADP IN _ 84 case _ _ 80 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 82 det _ _ 81 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 82 compound _ _ 82 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 84 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 83 ’s 's PART POS _ 82 case _ _ 84 horns horn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 76 obl _ _ 85 again again ADV RB _ 76 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 86 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run about** | past | the bush cow | | | all directions | time | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in direction=Trajectory | | 2 | **search** | gerund | all directions *not said here* | | | | | for the hawk | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for hawk=Theme | | 3 | **not** **find** | could | antelope | king | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | antelope | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **go** | must · perfect | the hawk | | | | | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **charge back** | past | antelope | | | the bush | again | to the hawk's house | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to house=Destination | | 7 | **have** | past | the hawk | | | | time | | tree rules | | 8 | **follow** | to-infinitive | the hawk *not said here* | antelope | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 9 | **fly** | gerund | the hawk *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **is** | past | the bush | | | | | thick *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **is** | past | the country | | | | | open *property* | tree rules | | 12 | **settle** | past | antelope | | | | again | on the bush cow's horns; quickly, softly *property* | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent on horn=Topic | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/23/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/23/26/) - ↑ 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/)