--- title: This made the hare angry, so he whispered to the rubber, “Look here,… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: This made the hare angry, so he whispered to the rubber, “Look here, if you don’t let my right hand go at once I will hit you very hard with my left hand, and then you will be sorry.” Who acts: This, hare, rubber, right hand. 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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 (This, hare, rubber, right hand), 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:pg70959:4:52 # text = This made the hare angry, so he whispered to the rubber, “Look here, if you don’t let my right hand go at once I will hit you very hard with my left hand, and then you will be sorry.” 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 nsubj _ _ 2 made make VERB VBD Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 whispered whisper VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 rubber rubber NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 16 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 if if SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 21 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 27 at at SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 31 advmod _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 hit hit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 very very ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 31 advmod _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 41 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 45 advmod _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 cop _ _ 45 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | This | the hare | | | | angry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | past | hare | | the rubber | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent to rubber=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | here | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **not** **let** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · do-support | the rubber *= rubber* | my right hand | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | my right hand *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **hit** *in a quote* | future | hare | the rubber *= rubber* | | | | with my left hand; hard, once *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent you=Patient with hand=Instrument | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | future | the rubber *= rubber* | | | | then | sorry *property* | tree rules | 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/4/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/4/53/) - ↑ back to [Ii.--the Cunning Hare; Or, Why the Tortoise Has a Patched Shell.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/4/)