--- title: The young men went to Okuni as they were ordered, and, after watchin… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: The young men went to Okuni as they were ordered, and, after watching for some time, at last met ’Ndere alone at the spring, where she was getting water, and gave her the messages from the chief. ’ Who acts: young men, Ndere. 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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 (young men, Ndere), 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:pg70959:24:72 # text = The young men went to Okuni as they were ordered, and, after watching for some time, at last met ’Ndere alone at the spring, where she was getting water, and gave her the messages from the chief. ’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Okuni Okuni PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 ordered order VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 14 after after SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 15 watching watch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 18 det _ _ 18 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 at at SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 met meet VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 23 ’ ' PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 Ndere Ndere PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 25 alone alone ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 26 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 33 advmod _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 conj _ _ 34 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 iobj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 messages message NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 41 from from ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 45 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | the young men | | | Okuni | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to okuni=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **order** | past · passive | | men *= man* | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **watch** | gerund | the young men *not said here* | | | | time | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **meet** | participle | the young men *not said here* | Ndere | | | spring | alone *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **get** | past · progressive | Ndere | water | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer water=Stimulus | | 6 | **give** | past | the young men *not said here* | the messages | Ndere | the chief | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient message=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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/24/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/24/73/) - ↑ 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/)