--- title: Ode did as his sister told him and took the basket down to the river… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: Ode did as his sister told him and took the basket down to the river, but he found that the water ran out of the basket almost as quickly as it went in; he therefore remained at the water-side some time. Who acts: Ode, sister, BROTHER, 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 (Ode, sister, BROTHER, 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:pg70959:26:33 # text = Ode did as his sister told him and took the basket down to the river, but he found that the water ran out of the basket almost as quickly as it went in; he therefore remained at the water-side some time. 1 Ode Ode PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 iobj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 down down ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 24 out out ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 28 almost almost ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 as as ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 34 in in ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 41 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 44 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 45 det _ _ 45 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Ode | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | BROTHER's sister | | BROTHER | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 3 | **take down** | past | BROTHER's sister *not said here* | the basket | | | | to the river; down *property* | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent basket=Theme | | 4 | **find** | past | BROTHER | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **run** | past | the water | | | the basket | | quickly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out basket=Trajectory | | 6 | **go in** | past | water | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **remain** | past | BROTHER | | | the water side | time | therefore *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at side=Location | 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/26/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/26/34/) - ↑ back to [Xxxi.--chief Kekong’s Daughter ’ndere Who Married a Python., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/26/)