--- title: They walked on for some distance, until they arrived at a stream cal… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: They walked on for some distance, until they arrived at a stream called “Keruba Ketor” (“deep hole, near the town,” a place where women wash their bodies) and then Agbor suggested that they should rest for a while and wash. Who acts: head, women, Agbor. 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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 (head, women, Agbor), 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:pg70959:25:64 # text = They walked on for some distance, until they arrived at a stream called “Keruba Ketor” (“deep hole, near the town,” a place where women wash their bodies) and then Agbor suggested that they should rest for a while and wash. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 until until SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl _ _ 15 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 Keruba Keruba PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 xcomp _ _ 17 Ketor Ketor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ” " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 19 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 “ " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 near near ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ” " PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 appos _ _ 31 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 33 advmod _ _ 32 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ _ 33 wash wash VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 bodies body NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 22 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 39 Agbor Agbor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 suggested suggest VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 ccomp _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 wash wash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk on** | past | head | | | | | for some distance | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **arrive** | past | head | deep hole and the town | | a stream | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **call** | participle | | a stream *not said here* | | | | Keruba *xcomp* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **wash** | present | women | head's bodies | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Patient | | 5 | **suggest** *speech: suggest* | past | Agbor | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **rest** | should | head | | | | while | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **wash** | infinitive | head *not said here* | | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/25/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/25/65/) - ↑ 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/)