--- title: When the morning came he hid himself in the bush near the place, in… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: When the morning came he hid himself in the bush near the place, in order to see who might be the first animal to pass the piece of ground, so that he could give false information against him. Who acts: morning, hare. 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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 (morning, hare), 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:pg70959:4:7 # text = When the morning came he hid himself in the bush near the place, in order to see who might be the first animal to pass the piece of ground, so that he could give false information against him. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 6 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 near near ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 18 mark _ _ 16 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 fixed _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 19 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 20 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 cop _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 24 amod _ _ 24 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 ccomp _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 acl _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 36 mark _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 fixed _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 37 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 information information NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 against against ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the morning | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **hide** | past | hare | hare | | the bush | | near the place | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent himself=Patient in bush=Location | | 3 | **see** | to-infinitive | hare *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is a** | might | | the first animal | | | | who *nsubj* | tree rules | | 5 | **pass** | to-infinitive | hare *not said here* | the piece of ground | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme piece=Trajectory | | 6 | **give** | could | hare | false information | | | | against piece | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent information=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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/4/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/4/8/) - ↑ 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/)