--- title: He therefore consulted another python, who advised him to go into a… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: He therefore consulted another python, who advised him to go into a far country and try to borrow from different men a head, feet and hands, white teeth, and a fine face and nose, but that he should keep his own eyes. Who acts: python. 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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 (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:pg70959:24:7 # text = He therefore consulted another python, who advised him to go into a far country and try to borrow from different men a head, feet and hands, white teeth, and a fine face and nose, but that he should keep his own eyes. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 consulted consult VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 5 det _ _ 5 python python NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 advised advise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 12 into into ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 far far ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 borrow borrow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 from from ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 conj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 46 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consult** | past | python | another python | | | | a fine face and nose *parataxis*; therefore *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent python=Theme | | 2 | **advise** *speech: other* | past | another python | python | | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | python *not said here* | | | a far country | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into country=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **try** | infinitive | python *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **borrow** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | python *not said here* | | | | | from different men a head and feet and hands and white teeth | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from man=Source | | 6 | **keep** | should | python | python's own eyes | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/24/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/24/8/) - ↑ 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/)