--- title: The chief replied, “Yes, there is certainly that custom here, but as… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: The chief replied, “Yes, there is certainly that custom here, but as I thought you were hungry after your long walk, I ordered the food to be brought at once.” Who acts: chief, you, food, your. 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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 (chief, you, food, your), 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:pg70959:6:10 # text = The chief replied, “Yes, there is certainly that custom here, but as I thought you were hungry after your long walk, I ordered the food to be brought at once.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 5 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 9 expl _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 10 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 custom custom NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl:unmarked _ _ 13 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 21 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 ccomp _ _ 22 after after ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 walk walk NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 xcomp _ _ 34 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the chief | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | custom *obl:unmarked*; certainly, here *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | the chief *= chief* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | past | you | | | | after your long walk | hungry *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **order** *in a quote* | past | the chief *= chief* | the food | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent food=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **bring** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive · passive | the food *not said here* | | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together» | | 7 | **walk** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom walk «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/6/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/6/11/) - ↑ back to [Vii.--how Two Friends Fell Out: the Spider and the Grasshopper.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/6/)