--- title: When the chief heard his son’s voice he went back to the town and go… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: When the chief heard his son’s voice he went back to the town and got all the animals and birds as quickly as possible, and having brought them down to the water-side, sacrificed them to the river ju-ju. Who acts: 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 (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:pg70959:26:70 # text = When the chief heard his son’s voice he went back to the town and got all the animals and birds as quickly as possible, and having brought them down to the water-side, sacrificed them to the river ju-ju. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’s 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 back back ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 17 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 19 det:predet _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 conj _ _ 22 as as ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 25 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 reparandum _ _ 29 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 down down ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 34 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 sacrificed sacrifice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 42 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 43 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | the chief | chief's son's voice | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus | | 2 | **go back** | past | chief | | | | | to the town *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to town=Result | | 3 | **get** | past | chief *not said here* | all animals and birds | | | | quickly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer animal=Stimulus | | 4 | **have** | gerund | | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **bring down** | past | chief *not said here* | animals *= animal* | | the water side | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to side=Destination | | 6 | **sacrifice** | past | chief *not said here* | animals *= animal* | the ju ju river | | | | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to ju=Recipient | 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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/26/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/26/71/) - ↑ 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/)