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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 (evening, Chief, python), 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:pg70959:24:46 # text = When the evening came, all the men and women were called together to dance and sing, the chief giving them plenty of palm wine to drink and doing everything he could think of to show ’Ndere that the python was his son. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 8 det:predet _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ _ 11 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 13 together together ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 dance dance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 chief chief ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ _ 21 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 iobj _ _ 23 plenty plenty NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 palm palm NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 conj _ _ 31 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 30 obj _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 acl:relcl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 ccomp _ _ 38 ’ ' X GW _ 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 Ndere Ndere PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 goeswith _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 python python NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the evening | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **call together** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | all men and women | | | | together *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 3 | **dance** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **sing** *speech: express* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **give** | gerund | | plenty of palm wine | men *= man* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient plenty=Theme | | 6 | **drink** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **do** | gerund | | everything | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Eventuality | | 8 | **think** *speech: other* | could | Chief | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 9 | **show** | to-infinitive | | ’ Ndere | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent '=Recipient | | 10 | **is a** | past | the python | Chief's son | | | | Chief *nmod:poss* | tree rules | 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/24/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/24/47/) - ↑ 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/)