--- title: This caused them to bear fruit which resembled a woman’s head in sha… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: This caused them to bear fruit which resembled a woman’s head in shape and size, and even at the present time the young palm trees have bunches of fruit which look like a woman’s head with the plaits of hair all round. Who acts: This, trees, fruit, young palm trees. 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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 (This, trees, fruit, young palm trees), 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:pg70959:5:24 # text = This caused them to bear fruit which resembled a woman’s head in shape and size, and even at the present time the young palm trees have bunches of fruit which look like a woman’s head with the plaits of hair all round. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 nsubj _ _ 2 caused cause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 6 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 resembled resemble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’s 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 size size NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 19 even even ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 25 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 26 palm palm NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 28 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 29 bunches bunch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 33 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 34 like like ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ’s 's PART POS _ 36 case _ _ 38 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 plaits plait NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 44 all all ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 round round ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cause** | past | This | trees *= tree* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **bear** | to-infinitive | trees *= tree* *not said here* | fruit | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Patient | | 3 | **resemble** | past | fruit | a woman's head | | shape and size | | | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | present | the young palm trees | bunches of fruit | | | time | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bunch=Patient | | 5 | **look** | present | bunches of fruit | | | | | like a woman's head; with the plaits of hair; round *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/5/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/5/25/) - ↑ 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/)