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title: The people then suggested giving some cocks and hens to the hawk, to… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics
description: The people then suggested giving some cocks and hens to the hawk, to which he replied that, although he would not accept them for Agbor, they were getting nearer to what he possibly might accept. Who acts: people, HAWK. A sentence of «Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria» by Elphinstone Dayrell, 
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# Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, E. Dayrell., sentence 46

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The people then suggested giving some cocks and hens to the hawk, to which he replied that, although he would not accept them for Agbor, they were getting nearer to what he possibly might accept.

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**Who acts:** people, HAWK · **What happens:** suggest, give, reply, not accept, get, accept · **To what, where:** cocks, hawk, that, people

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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 (people, HAWK), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg70959:3:46
# text = The people then suggested giving some cocks and hens to the hawk, to which he replied that, although he would not accept them for Agbor, they were getting nearer to what he possibly might accept.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
4	suggested	suggest	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	giving	give	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	cocks	cock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	hens	hen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	hawk	hawk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	obl	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	replied	reply	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
18	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
20	although	although	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
21	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
22	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
23	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	24	advmod	_	_
24	accept	accept	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	conj	_	_
25	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	obj	_	_
26	for	for	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	Agbor	Agbor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
29	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	nsubj	_	_
30	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	aux	_	_
31	getting	get	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
32	nearer	near	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	31	xcomp	_	_
33	to	to	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	32	obl	_	_
35	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	38	nsubj	_	_
36	possibly	possibly	ADV	RB	_	38	advmod	_	_
37	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	38	aux	_	_
38	accept	accept	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suggest** *speech: suggest* | past | the people |  |  |  | then |  | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **give** | gerund | the people *not said here* | some cocks and hens | the hawk |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent cock=Theme to hawk=Recipient |
| 3 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | HAWK | that |  |  |  | which *obl* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent that=Topic to which=Recipient |
| 4 | **not** **accept** | would | HAWK | people |  |  |  | for Agbor | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 5 | **get** | past · progressive | people |  |  |  |  | near *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 6 | **accept** | might | HAWK |  |  |  |  | possibly *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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**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.

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