--- title: So the eagle sent for them and said, “It was you who told the bush c… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: So the eagle sent for them and said, “It was you who told the bush cow where the hawk was hiding and in consequence I have had to pay a large amount to the antelope as a punishment; for the future I shall allow the hawk to always kill your children whenever he can catch them.” Who acts: eagle, amoun --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/23/36/) [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/) / 36 # Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxx.--the Game of Hide-and-seek As Played By the Hawk and the Bush Cow., sentence 36 So the eagle sent for them and said, “It was you who told the bush cow where the hawk was hiding and in consequence I have had to pay a large amount to the antelope as a punishment; for the future I shall allow the hawk to always kill your children whenever he can catch them.” **Who acts:** eagle, amount, you, hawk, antelope · **What happens:** send, say, be, tell, hide, have · **To what, where:** you, bush cow, consequence, large amount, hawk, children · **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 (eagle, amount, you, 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:pg70959:23:36 # text = So the eagle sent for them and said, “It was you who told the bush cow where the hawk was hiding and in consequence I have had to pay a large amount to the antelope as a punishment; for the future I shall allow the hawk to always kill your children whenever he can catch them.” 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 15 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 23 advmod _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 hawk hawk NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 hiding hide VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 acl:relcl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 consequence consequence NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 conj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 amount amount NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 antelope antelope NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 38 as as ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 punishment punishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 future future NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 allow allow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 hawk hawk NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 51 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 52 advmod _ _ 52 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 advcl _ _ 53 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obj _ _ 55 whenever whenever ADV WRB PronType=Rel 58 advmod _ _ 56 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 57 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 advcl _ _ 59 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | the eagle | | | | | for cocks *= cock* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the eagle *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | amount | you | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | you | | the bush cow | | | who *nsubj* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent cow=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **hide** *in a quote* | past · progressive | the hawk | | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the eagle *= eagle* | | | consequence | | | tree rules | | 7 | **pay** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the eagle *= eagle* *not said here* | a large amount | | | | to the antelope; as a punishment | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent amount=Asset | | 8 | **allow** *in a quote* | shall | the eagle *= eagle* | the hawk | | | | for the future *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent hawk=Theme for future=Goal | | 9 | **kill** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the eagle *= eagle* *not said here* | your children | | | | always *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme | | 10 | **catch** *in a quote* | can | antelope | hawks *= hawk* | | | | whenever *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/23/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/23/37/) - ↑ 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/)