--- title: He therefore showed her a place where she was to bring the food; her… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: He therefore showed her a place where she was to bring the food; here he had made a string of snail shells hung on sticks, and told ’Ndere to rattle them when she brought his food, and that he would come to her. Who acts: python, 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 (python, 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:pg70959:24:77 # text = He therefore showed her a place where she was to bring the food; here he had made a string of snail shells hung on sticks, and told ’Ndere to rattle them when she brought his food, and that he would come to her. 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 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 11 advmod _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl:relcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 15 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 string string NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 snail snail NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 shells shell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ _ 24 hung hang VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 sticks stick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 30 ’ ' PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 Ndere Ndere PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 iobj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 rattle rattle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 37 advmod _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | past | python | a place | Ndere | | | therefore *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient place=Topic | | 2 | **is** | past | Ndere | a place *not said here* | | | | the food *obj*; bring *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | past · perfect | python | a string of snail shells | | here | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent string=Product | | 4 | **hang** | participle | | snail shells *not said here* | | sticks | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on stick=Location | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | | | Ndere | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent ndere=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **rattle** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | farm | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 7 | **bring** | past | Ndere | python's food | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent food=Theme | | 8 | **come** | would | python | | Ndere | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to she=Initial\_Location | 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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/24/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/24/78/) - ↑ 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/)