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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 (woman, 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:pg70959:4:92 # text = Without troubling to look for any more mushrooms, she put the basket on her head and called out to her husband, saying she was going home at once, and that he was to follow. 1 Without without SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 troubling trouble VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 8 det _ _ 7 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 amod _ _ 8 mushrooms mushroom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 19 out out ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 ccomp _ _ 28 home home ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 29 at at ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trouble** | gerund | woman *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **look** | to-infinitive | woman *not said here* | | | | | for any more mushrooms | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for mushroom=Theme | | 3 | **put** | past | woman | the basket | | woman's head | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent basket=Theme on head=Destination | | 4 | **call out** *speech: assert* | participle | woman *not said here* | | woman's husband | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to husband=Recipient | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | woman *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **go** | past · progressive | woman | | | | | home *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at once=Location | | 7 | **is** | past | husband | | | | | follow *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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/4/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/4/92/) - ↑ 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/)