--- title: They then started off again, and walked as far as the third water, c… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: They then started off again, and walked as far as the third water, called “Ofat elikatt,” (“the slippery water”; so called because the stream runs so fast over the stepping-stones that it causes a person’s foot to slip). Who acts: women, third water, stream, water. 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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 (women, third water, stream, water), 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:pg70959:25:78 # text = They then started off again, and walked as far as the third water, called “Ofat elikatt,” (“the slippery water”; so called because the stream runs so fast over the stepping-stones that it causes a person’s foot to slip). 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 off off ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 again again ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 as as ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 11 as as ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 14 amod _ _ 14 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl _ _ 17 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Ofat Ofat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 elikatt elikatt NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ” " PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ 22 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 “ " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 slippery slippery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ” " PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 31 because because SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 runs run VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 34 advmod _ _ 37 over over ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 39 stepping step VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 41 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 causes cause VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ’s 's PART POS _ 46 case _ _ 48 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 slip slip VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start off** | past | women *= woman* | | | | then; again | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **walk** | past | women *= woman* *not said here* | | | | | as the third water; far *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **call** | participle | the third water *not said here* | Ofat elikatt | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **call** | participle | | | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **run** | present | the stream | | | | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **step** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **cause** | present | water | a person's foot | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition foot=Patient | | 8 | **slip** | to-infinitive | water *not said here* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/25/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/25/79/) - ↑ 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/)