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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 (rods, Chief), 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:pg70959:24:44 # text = It was not until after they had walked for two days that they reached Chief Kaku’s town, and when he saw them he was so glad that he at once had a goat killed in front of ’Ndere and sprinkled the blood over her feet. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 4 until until SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 after after SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 walked walk VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 12 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 obj _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 15 Chief Chief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ _ 16 Kaku Kaku PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ’s 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 18 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 21 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 33 obl _ _ 33 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 ’ ' PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 Ndere Ndere PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 sprinkled sprinkle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 over over ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **walk** | past · perfect · passive | | room | | | day | rods *= rod* *nsubj* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory | | 2 | **reach** | past | rods *= rod* | two days | | | | Chief's town *obj* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent that=Beneficiary town=Theme | | 3 | **see** | past | Chief | rods *= rod* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 4 | **is** | past | Chief | | | | | glad *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **have** | past | Chief | a goat | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goat=Patient | | 6 | **kill** | participle | | a goat *not said here* | | front of Ndere | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **sprinkle** | past | Chief *not said here* | the blood | | Ndere's feet | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent blood=Theme over foot=Destination | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/24/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/24/45/) - ↑ back to [Xxxi.--chief Kekong’s Daughter ’ndere Who Married a Python., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/24/)