--- title: He also said that when he got food he would return, and that if ther… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: He also said that when he got food he would return, and that if there was no one about outside trying to catch him, he would knock at the door and she could then let him in. Who acts: AGBOR, one, wife. 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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 (AGBOR, one, wife), 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:pg70959:25:89 # text = He also said that when he got food he would return, and that if there was no one about outside trying to catch him, he would knock at the door and she could then let him in. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 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 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 15 if if SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 17 expl _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 19 det _ _ 19 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 20 about about ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 21 outside outside ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 acl:relcl _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 knock knock VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 30 at at ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ _ 37 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 in in ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | AGBOR | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **get** | past | AGBOR | food | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer food=Stimulus | | 3 | **return** | would | AGBOR | food *not said here* | | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme | | 4 | **is a** | past | AGBOR *not said here* | no one | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **try** | gerund | no one *not said here* | | | | | about *property* | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **catch** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | no one *not said here* | AGBOR | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 7 | **knock** | would | AGBOR | | | | | at the door | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at door=Patient | | 8 | **let in** | could | wife | AGBOR | | | then | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/25/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/25/90/) - ↑ 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/)