--- title: As soon as the play had commenced, Chief Kaku told the python to com… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as the play had commenced, Chief Kaku told the python to come to his house, so that ’Ndere was left in the house which had been set apart for the use of her husband and herself. Who acts: Chief. 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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 (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:pg70959:24:47 # text = As soon as the play had commenced, Chief Kaku told the python to come to his house, so that ’Ndere was left in the house which had been set apart for the use of her husband and herself. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 play play NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 commenced commence VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 Chief Chief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 Kaku Kaku PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 flat _ _ 11 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 python python NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 acl _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 25 mark _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 fixed _ _ 22 ’ ' PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Ndere Ndere PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl:relcl _ _ 33 apart apart ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **commence** | past · perfect · passive | | the play | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Chief | the python | | | | soon *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent python=Recipient | | 3 | **come** | to-infinitive | Chief *not said here* | the python *not said here* | | Chief's house | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **leave** | past · passive | | Ndere | | the house | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in house=Location | | 5 | **set apart** | past · perfect · passive | | the house | | | | for the use of Ndere's husband Ndere; apart *property* | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Patient for use=Beneficiary | | 6 | **use** | | | Ndere's husband Ndere | | | | | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/24/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/24/48/) - ↑ 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/)