--- title: When it was time to hand the food round, Aikor always gave her daugh… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: When it was time to hand the food round, Aikor always gave her daughter Nagor the best food, and only gave a very small portion to Oga, as she was a very jealous woman, and disliked Elili and her daughter. Who acts: food, Aikor. 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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 (food, Aikor), 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:pg70959:5:6 # text = When it was time to hand the food round, Aikor always gave her daughter Nagor the best food, and only gave a very small portion to Oga, as she was a very jealous woman, and disliked Elili and her daughter. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 hand hand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 acl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 round round ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 11 Aikor Aikor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 12 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 13 advmod _ _ 13 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 iobj _ _ 16 Nagor Nagor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 appos _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 19 amod _ _ 19 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 only only ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 25 very very ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 portion portion NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Oga Oga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 35 very very ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 jealous jealous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 disliked dislike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 41 Elili Elili PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | food | time | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **hand** | to-infinitive | Aikor *not said here* | the food | | | | round *property* | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme | | 3 | **give** | past | Aikor | the best food | Aikor's daughter | | | always *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Recipient food=Theme | | 4 | **give** | past | Aikor *not said here* | a small portion | Oga | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent portion=Theme to oga=Recipient | | 5 | **is a** | past | Aikor | a jealous woman | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **dislike** | past | Aikor *not said here* | Elili and Aikor's daughter | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer elili=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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/5/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/5/7/) - ↑ 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/)