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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: 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:pg70959:5:38 # text = One was placed under Indoma’s head as a pillow, another under his feet to make him more comfortable, and the other two were placed one on either side of the corpse, so that it was surrounded by living boys. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 under under ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 Indoma Indoma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’s 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 as as ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 pillow pillow NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 10 appos _ _ 13 under under ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 20 advmod _ _ 20 comfortable comfortable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 28 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 obj _ _ 29 on on ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 either either DET DT PronType=Ind 31 det _ _ 31 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 corpse corpse NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 40 mark _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 fixed _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 surrounded surround VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 conj _ _ 41 by by SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 42 living live VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 advcl _ _ 43 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **place** | past · passive | | One | | Indoma's head | | as a pillow | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme under head=Destination | | 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | | Indoma | | | | comfortable *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product | | 3 | **place** | past · passive | | the other two | | | | one *obj* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme one=Destination | | 4 | **surround** | past · passive | | corpse | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Theme | | 5 | **live** | gerund | | boys | | | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme boy=Location | 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/5/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/5/39/) - ↑ 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/)