--- title: Here at last they managed to wash without any interruption from the… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: Here at last they managed to wash without any interruption from the bird, and when they were ready they walked on into the town, which they found almost deserted, as all the men and women were absent hunting and fishing. Who acts: cows, men. 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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 (cows, men), 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:pg70959:25:83 # text = Here at last they managed to wash without any interruption from the bird, and when they were ready they walked on into the town, which they found almost deserted, as all the men and women were absent hunting and fishing. 1 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 obl _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 managed manage VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 wash wash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 without without ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 10 det _ _ 10 interruption interruption NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 19 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 advcl _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 22 on on ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 into into ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 30 almost almost ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 deserted desert VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 33 as as ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 34 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 36 det:predet _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 conj _ _ 39 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 absent absent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 hunting hunting NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 fishing fishing NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **manage** | past | cows *= cow* | | | here | | | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **wash** | to-infinitive | cows *= cow* *not said here* | | | | | without any interruption; from the bird | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | cows *= cow* | | | | | ready *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **walk on** | past | cows *= cow* | | | | | into the town *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into town=Result | | 5 | **desert** | past · passive | | the town | | | | cows *= cow* *nsubj:pass*; almost *property* | vn leave-51.2-1 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: subject=Source | | 6 | **is** | past | all men and women | | | | | as absent hunting and fishing; fishing *conj* | tree rules | 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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/25/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/25/84/) - ↑ 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/)