--- title: Aigbor also said he would wash, so they took off their cloths and st… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: Aigbor also said he would wash, so they took off their cloths and stepped into the water, but they had only just started to wash themselves when the bird called out again, “Agbor Adam! Who acts: Aigbor, women. 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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 (Aigbor, women), 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:pg70959:25:73 # text = Aigbor also said he would wash, so they took off their cloths and stepped into the water, but they had only just started to wash themselves when the bird called out again, “Agbor Adam! 1 Aigbor Aigbor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 also also ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 wash wash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 off off ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 cloths cloth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 stepped step VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 16 into into ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 23 only only ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 24 just just ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 wash wash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 27 obj _ _ 29 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 advcl _ _ 33 out out ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 again again ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 “ " PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Agbor Agbor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 Adam Adam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Aigbor | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **wash** | would | Aigbor | | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **take off** | past | women *= woman* | women's cloths | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloth=Theme | | 4 | **step** | past | women *= woman* *not said here* | | | the water | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into water=Destination | | 5 | **have** | past | women *= woman* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **start** | past | women *= woman* *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **wash** | to-infinitive | women *= woman* *not said here* | women *= woman* | | | | Agbor Adam *obl* | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient | | 8 | **call out** *speech: assert* | participle · passive | | the bird | | | again | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/25/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/25/74/) - ↑ 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/)