--- title: They arranged that one should hide himself in the bush and the other… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: They arranged that one should hide himself in the bush and the other should try to find him, but that if he failed to do so, the one hiding would be considered the winner and the loser would have to pay a large number of rods as a forfeit. Who acts: birds, one, other, 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 (birds, one, other, 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:pg70959:23:9 # text = They arranged that one should hide himself in the bush and the other should try to find him, but that if he failed to do so, the one hiding would be considered the winner and the loser would have to pay a large number of rods as a forfeit. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 arranged arrange VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 one one PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 7 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 6 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 nsubj _ _ 14 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 if if SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 failed fail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 hiding hiding NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 considered consider VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 conj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 winner winner NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 loser loser NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 40 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 rods rod NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nmod _ _ 49 as as ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 forfeit forfeit NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrange** | past | birds *= bird* | | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **hide** | should | one | king | | the bush | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent himself=Patient in bush=Location | | 3 | **try** | should | the other | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **find** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the other *not said here* | king | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic | | 5 | **fail** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | king | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **not** **do** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **consider** | would · passive | | the one hiding | | | | the winner *obj* | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme winner=Attribute | | 8 | **have** | would | the loser | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **pay** | to-infinitive | the loser *not said here* | a large number of rods | | | | as a forfeit | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Asset | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/23/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/23/10/) - ↑ 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/)