--- title: When Oyonga had sufficiently recovered from the flogging he had rece… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: When Oyonga had sufficiently recovered from the flogging he had received, he begged the chief to go with him to the river where he had heard the voice; at first the chief refused to go, but after much persuasion he consented. Who acts: Oyonga, chief. 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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 (Oyonga, chief), 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:pg70959:26:67 # text = When Oyonga had sufficiently recovered from the flogging he had received, he begged the chief to go with him to the river where he had heard the voice; at first the chief refused to go, but after much persuasion he consented. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 Oyonga Oyonga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 sufficiently sufficiently ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 recovered recover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 flogging flogging NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 received receive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 24 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 27 advmod _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 acl:relcl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 35 obl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 39 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 40 after after ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 persuasion persuasion NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 consented consent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **recover** | past · perfect | Oyonga | | | the flogging | | sufficiently *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from flogging=Source | | 2 | **receive** | past · perfect | Oyonga | the flogging *not said here* | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flogging=Theme | | 3 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | Oyonga | the chief | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent chief=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | the river | | with Oyonga | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to river=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **hear** | past · perfect | Oyonga | the voice | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus | | 6 | **refuse** | past | the chief | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **not** **go** | to-infinitive | the chief *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **consent** | past | Oyonga | | | | after much persuasion | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/26/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/26/68/) - ↑ 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/)