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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 (play, chief, Ode, river), 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:pg70959:26:76 # text = When the play was over Chief Okim asked his son what he had found out while he was with the river ju-ju, and Ode replied that the river ju-ju made him understand that it was his sister Essama who stole the goat, but, as the ordeal found the scent of the goat on him, he disappeared in the water. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 play play NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 over over ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Chief Chief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 Okim Okim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ _ 8 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 iobj _ _ 11 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 14 obj _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 ccomp _ _ 15 out out ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 while while SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 21 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 22 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 Ode Ode PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 32 ju ju PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ju ju PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 flat _ _ 35 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 ccomp _ _ 43 Essama Essama PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 appos _ _ 44 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 45 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 49 but but CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 51 as as SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 ordeal ordeal NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 54 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 scent scent NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod _ _ 60 on on ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 63 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 64 disappeared disappear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 conj _ _ 65 in in ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | Chief | | | tree rules | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the play | | chief's son | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent son=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **find out** | past · perfect | chief | | | | | what *obj* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 4 | **is** | past | chief | | | | | with the river ju ju | tree rules | | 5 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Ode | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **make** | past | the river | chief | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **understand** | infinitive | chief *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **is a** | past | river | chief's sister | | | | chief *nmod:poss*; Essama *appos* | tree rules | | 9 | **steal** | past | chief's sister | the goat | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location goat=Theme | | 10 | **find** | past | the ordeal | the scent of the goat on chief | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scent=Topic | | 11 | **disappear** | past | chief | | | the water | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **scent** | | | the goat on chief | | | | | nom scent «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/26/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/26/77/) - ↑ 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/)