--- title: She then called her father to come, but when he saw his dead wife’s… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: She then called her father to come, but when he saw his dead wife’s head, he was very angry with Nagor, and told her to go and bury it again in the grave. Who acts: Nagor, father. 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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 (Nagor, father), 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:pg70959:5:22 # text = She then called her father to come, but when he saw his dead wife’s head, he was very angry with Nagor, and told her to go and bury it again in the grave. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 xcomp _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ’s 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 21 very very ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 parataxis _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 Nagor Nagor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 bury bury VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 again again ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | past | Nagor | Nagor's father | | | then | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **come** | to-infinitive | Nagor *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **see** | past | father | father's dead wife's head | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer head=Stimulus | | 4 | **is** | past | father | | | | | with Nagor; angry *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Nagor *not said here* | | Nagor | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Nagor *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **bury** | infinitive | Nagor *not said here* | head | | the grave | again | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/5/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/5/23/) - ↑ 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/)