--- title: When they got to the palm tree, the chief put his climbing belt of t… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: When they got to the palm tree, the chief put his climbing belt of tie-tie round the tree, and, having secured it round his back, walked up to the top and commenced to cut the leaves or branches off round the nuts. Who acts: DOGS, chief. 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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 (DOGS, chief), 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:pg70959:5:72 # text = When they got to the palm tree, the chief put his climbing belt of tie-tie round the tree, and, having secured it round his back, walked up to the top and commenced to cut the leaves or branches off round the nuts. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 palm palm NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 climbing climbing NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 belt belt NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 tie tie NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 tie tie NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 19 round round ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 25 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 aux _ _ 26 secured secure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 round round ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 33 up up ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 commenced commence VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ _ 43 or or CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 conj _ _ 45 off off ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ _ 46 round round ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 nuts nut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | DOGS *= dog* | | | | | to the palm tree *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to tree=Result | | 2 | **put** | past | the chief | Chief's climbing belt of tie tie round the tree | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent belt=Goal | | 3 | **secure** | gerund · perfect | the chief *not said here* | belt | | | | round Chief's back | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition it=Theme | | 4 | **walk up** | past | the chief *not said here* | | | | | to the top *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to top=Result | | 5 | **commence** | past | the chief *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **cut off** | to-infinitive | the chief *not said here* | the leaves or branches | | | | round the nuts | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector leaf=Eventuality | 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/5/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/5/73/) - ↑ 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/)