--- title: When he reached the hawk’s house, the bush cow searched everywhere f… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: When he reached the hawk’s house, the bush cow searched everywhere for him, but finding he was not there, he rushed out again and went round another part of the town to see if he could find him. Who acts: antelope, bush cow. 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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, bush cow), 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:pg70959:23:27 # text = When he reached the hawk’s house, the bush cow searched everywhere for him, but finding he was not there, he rushed out again and went round another part of the town to see if he could find him. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 hawk hawk NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’s 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 searched search VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 everywhere everywhere ADV RB PronType=Tot 12 advmod _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 finding find VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 rushed rush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 26 out out ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 again again ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 30 round round ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 32 det _ _ 32 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 38 if if SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 ccomp _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | antelope | the hawk's house | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent house=Theme | | 2 | **search** | past | the bush cow | | | | | for antelope; everywhere *property* | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for he=Theme | | 3 | **find** | gerund | the bush cow *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **is** | past | antelope | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **rush out** | past | antelope | | | | again | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **go** | past | antelope *not said here* | | | another part of the town | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme round part=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **see** | to-infinitive | antelope *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **find** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | antelope | king | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/23/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/23/28/) - ↑ 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/)