--- title: When Iza Kakem had packed the fish into a load for carrying, her hus… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: When Iza Kakem had packed the fish into a load for carrying, her husband helped her to place the load on her head, and they started off with the woman in front, Agbor Adam following close behind. Who acts: Iza, load, husband, head. 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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 (Iza, load, husband, head), 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:pg70959:25:63 # text = When Iza Kakem had packed the fish into a load for carrying, her husband helped her to place the load on her head, and they started off with the woman in front, Agbor Adam following close behind. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 2 Iza Iza PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 Kakem Kakem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 packed pack VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 into into ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 load load NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 for for SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 carrying carry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 helped help VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 17 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 load load NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 29 off off ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 Agbor Agbor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 appos _ _ 37 Adam Adam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 flat _ _ 38 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 39 close close ADV RB Degree=Pos 40 advmod _ _ 40 behind behind ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pack** | past · perfect | Iza | the fish | | a load | | | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent fish=Theme into load=Destination | | 2 | **carry** | gerund | a load *not said here* | | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **help** | past | fish's husband | fish | | | | place the load *obj* | tree rules | | 4 | **start off** | past | head | | | | | with the woman in front | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with woman=Subeventuality | | 5 | **follow** | gerund | head *not said here* | | | | | behind *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/25/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/25/64/) - ↑ 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/)