--- title: Akoba then beat her breast, and produced a sharp axe with which she… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: Akoba then beat her breast, and produced a sharp axe with which she began to cut down the tree, at the same time calling out to her husband that she was going to kill him. Who acts: Akoba. 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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 (Akoba), 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:pg70959:5:73 # text = Akoba then beat her breast, and produced a sharp axe with which she began to cut down the tree, at the same time calling out to her husband that she was going to kill him. 1 Akoba Akoba PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 beat beat 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 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 produced produce VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 obl _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 down down ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 at at SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl:unmarked _ _ 26 calling call VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 27 out out ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beat** | past | Akoba | Akoba's breast | | | then | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location breast=Theme | | 2 | **produce** | past | Akoba *not said here* | a sharp axe | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent axe=Result | | 3 | **begin** | past | Akoba | | | | | with a sharp axe | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **cut down** | to-infinitive | Akoba *not said here* | the tree | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tree=Product | | 5 | **call out** *speech: assert* | gerund | Akoba *not said here* | | Akoba's husband | | time | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to husband=Recipient | | 6 | **go** | past · progressive | Akoba | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **kill** | to-infinitive | Akoba *not said here* | Chief | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/5/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/5/74/) - ↑ 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/)