--- title: When Chief Okim heard what Oyonga had to say, he was vexed, as he di… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: When Chief Okim heard what Oyonga had to say, he was vexed, as he did not believe him, so he ordered him to be tied up to a tree and given fifty lashes. Who acts: Chief, Oyonga. 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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 (Chief, Oyonga), 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:pg70959:26:65 # text = When Chief Okim heard what Oyonga had to say, he was vexed, as he did not believe him, so he ordered him to be tied up to a tree and given fifty lashes. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 Chief Chief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 Okim Okim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 6 Oyonga Oyonga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 vexed vex VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 so so ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 tied tie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 xcomp _ _ 29 up up ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 conj _ _ 35 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nummod _ _ 36 lashes lash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | Chief | | | | | what *obj* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 2 | **have** | past | Oyonga | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | Oyonga *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **vex** | past · passive | | Oyonga | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 5 | **not** **believe** | past · do-support | Oyonga | chief | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 6 | **order** | past | Oyonga | | chief | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **tie up** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | Oyonga *not said here* | | | | | to a tree | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: to tree=Co-Patient | | 8 | **give** | participle | Oyonga *not said here* | fifty lashes | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lash=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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/26/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/26/66/) - ↑ 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/)