--- title: Aro was so taken with Agbor’s good looks that she continued to stare… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: Aro was so taken with Agbor’s good looks that she continued to stare at him without speaking, until at last Agbor said, “Why do you look at me like that?” but Aro did not reply, and picked up some fire, continuing to stare at Agbor. Who acts: Aro, last Agbor, you. A sentence of «Ikom folk stories fr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/3/21/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/) / [E. Dayrell.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/3/) / 21 # Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, E. Dayrell., sentence 21 Aro was so taken with Agbor’s good looks that she continued to stare at him without speaking, until at last Agbor said, “Why do you look at me like that?” but Aro did not reply, and picked up some fire, continuing to stare at Agbor. **Who acts:** Aro, last Agbor, you · **What happens:** take, continue, stare, speak, say, look · **To what, where:** Aro, fire · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria» by Elphinstone Dayrell, E. Dayrell.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Aro, last Agbor, you), 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:pg70959:3:21 # text = Aro was so taken with Agbor’s good looks that she continued to stare at him without speaking, until at last Agbor said, “Why do you look at me like that?” but Aro did not reply, and picked up some fire, continuing to stare at Agbor. 1 Aro Aro PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 Agbor Agbor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’s 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 looks look NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 stare stare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ 17 without without SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 18 speaking speak VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 until until SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 at at ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 Agbor Agbor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 “ " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 28 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 ccomp _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 33 like like ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ? ? PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ” " PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 Aro Aro PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 39 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 reply reply VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 picked pick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 45 up up ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ _ 46 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 47 det _ _ 47 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 49 continuing continue VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 44 advcl _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 stare stare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 xcomp _ _ 52 at at ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 Agbor Agbor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past · passive | | Aro | | | | with Agbor's good looks | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination | | 2 | **continue** | past | Aro | | | | | | vn continue-55.3 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **stare** | to-infinitive | Aro *not said here* | | | | | at Agbor | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | Aro *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | last Agbor | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **look** *in a quote* | present · do-support | you | | | | | at last Agbor *= agbor*; like that | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at i=Theme | | 7 | **not** **reply** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | Aro | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **pick up** | participle | | some fire | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Topic | | 9 | **continue** | gerund | | | | | | | vn continue-55.3 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 10 | **stare** | to-infinitive | | | | | | at Agbor | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at agbor=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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/3/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/3/22/) - ↑ back to [E. 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