--- title: When the time for collecting mushrooms arrived, which is the beginni… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: When the time for collecting mushrooms arrived, which is the beginning of the rainy season, about the month of May, Igiri went out with her basket to collect mushrooms for their food, and her husband went with her. Who acts: time, Igiri, husband. 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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 (time, Igiri, husband), 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:pg70959:4:87 # text = When the time for collecting mushrooms arrived, which is the beginning of the rainy season, about the month of May, Igiri went out with her basket to collect mushrooms for their food, and her husband went with her. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 for for SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 collecting collect VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 6 mushrooms mushroom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 beginning beginning NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 rainy rainy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 season season NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 about about ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 May May PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 24 Igiri Igiri PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 26 out out ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 collect collect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 32 mushrooms mushroom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **collect** | gerund | the time *not said here* | mushrooms | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mushroom=Theme | | 2 | **arrive** | past | the time | | | | month | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | present | | the beginning | | | season | which *nsubj* | tree rules | | 4 | **go out** | past | Igiri | | | | | with INKANG's basket; out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with basket=Co-Agent | | 5 | **collect** | to-infinitive | Igiri *not said here* | mushrooms | | | | for IGIRI's food | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mushroom=Theme | | 6 | **go** | past | INKANG's husband | | | | | with INKANG | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with she=Beneficiary | 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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/4/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/4/87/) - ↑ 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/)