--- title: Her father then gave her a piece of cloth, and Oga took him to the r… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: Her father then gave her a piece of cloth, and Oga took him to the room where Elili was hiding, and said, “Here is my mother, who I have got alive again out of the grave.” Who acts: father, Oga, Elili, mother. 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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 (father, Oga, Elili, mother), 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:pg70959:5:14 # text = Her father then gave her a piece of cloth, and Oga took him to the room where Elili was hiding, and said, “Here is my mother, who I have got alive again out of the grave.” 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 Oga Oga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 21 advmod _ _ 19 Elili Elili PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 hiding hide VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 “ " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 ccomp _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 29 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 ccomp _ _ 36 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 xcomp _ _ 37 again again ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 38 out out ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | Oga's father | a piece of cloth | Oga | | then | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient piece=Theme | | 2 | **take** | past | Oga | father | | the room | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to room=Destination | | 3 | **hide** | past · progressive | Elili | | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Oga's father *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **get** *in a quote* | present · perfect | my mother | | | the grave | again | who *nsubj*; I *nsubj*; alive *property* | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme out grave=Destination | 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/5/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/5/15/) - ↑ back to [Iv.--how Elili of Inkum Died, and Was Brought Back to Life Again.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/5/)