--- title: [6] The native hunters say that if you shout at an iguana he does no… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: [6] The native hunters say that if you shout at an iguana he does not move or take any notice, but if you point at him and whisper, “Look, there is an iguana,” he will run away at once. Who acts: 6 native hunters, you, water, iguana. 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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 (6 native hunters, you, water, iguana), 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:pg70959:29:25 # text = [6] The native hunters say that if you shout at an iguana he does not move or take any notice, but if you point at him and whisper, “Look, there is an iguana,” he will run away at once. 1 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 6 6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 native native ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 hunters hunter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 9 if if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 shout shout VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 iguana iguana NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 19 or or CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 21 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 22 det _ _ 22 notice notice NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 25 if if SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 point point VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 whisper whisper VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 33 “ " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 Look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 37 expl _ _ 37 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 38 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 iguana iguana NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ” " PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 45 away away ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 46 at at ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the 6 native hunters | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **shout** *speech: express* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | a iguana | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **move** | present · do-support | water | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **take** | infinitive | water *not said here* | any notice | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notice=Theme | | 5 | **point** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | at water | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | present | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive | the 6 native hunters *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 8 | **be** *in a quote* | present | a iguana | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **run away** | future | iguana | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Trajectory | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/29/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/29/26/) - ↑ back to [Fig. 2.--chief Indoma’s Compound.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/29/)