--- title: While the hunting was going on, a man called Agbor Adam went to his… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: While the hunting was going on, a man called Agbor Adam went to his wife, Iza Kakem, and asked her to give him some fish to eat, as he was tired of nothing but meat. Who acts: hunting, man. 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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 (hunting, man), 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:pg70959:25:38 # text = While the hunting was going on, a man called Agbor Adam went to his wife, Iza Kakem, and asked her to give him some fish to eat, as he was tired of nothing but meat. 1 While while SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 hunting hunting NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 6 on on ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 10 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 11 Agbor Agbor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 xcomp _ _ 12 Adam Adam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 flat _ _ 13 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 Iza Iza PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 appos _ _ 19 Kakem Kakem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 23 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 iobj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 iobj _ _ 27 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 28 det _ _ 28 fish fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 as as SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 35 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 parataxis _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 35 obl _ _ 38 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go on** | past · progressive | the hunting | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **call** | participle | | a man *not said here* | | | | Agbor *xcomp* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **go** | past | a man | | | | | to hunting's wife | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to wife=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | a man *not said here* | | fish | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **give** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a man *not said here* | some fish | hunting | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient fish=Theme | | 6 | **eat** | to-infinitive | a man *not said here* | some fish *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | past | hunting | | | | | of nothing meat; tired *property* | 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/25/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/25/39/) - ↑ back to [Xxxi.--chief Kekong’s Daughter ’ndere Who Married a Python., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/25/)