--- title: The other pythons who were working on the farm, missing their compan… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: The other pythons who were working on the farm, missing their companion very soon, went to see what had become of him, and found his dead body with the head and tail missing, near the food. Who acts: other pythons. 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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 (other pythons), 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:pg70959:25:5 # text = The other pythons who were working on the farm, missing their companion very soon, went to see what had become of him, and found his dead body with the head and tail missing, near the food. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 pythons python NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 working work VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 farm farm NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 missing miss VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 12 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 companion companion NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 very very ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 17 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 22 nsubj _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 ccomp _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ _ 36 missing missing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 near near ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | past · progressive | the other pythons | | | | | on the farm | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on farm=Theme | | 2 | **miss** | gerund | the other pythons *not said here* | men's companion | | | | soon *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer companion=Stimulus | | 3 | **go** | past | the other pythons | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **see** | to-infinitive | the other pythons *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **become** | past · perfect | | | | | | of husband; what *nsubj* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **find** | past | the other pythons *not said here* | husband's dead body | | the food | | with the head and tail | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Topic | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/25/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/25/6/) - ↑ 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/)