--- title: The chief told Essere that, when she went in the morning to get the… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: The chief told Essere that, when she went in the morning to get the water, if she wanted to get her mother back, directly she had got the water out of the river she must take the pot back some little distance into the bush. Who acts: chief, Essere. 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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, Essere), 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:pg70959:6:106 # text = The chief told Essere that, when she went in the morning to get the water, if she wanted to get her mother back, directly she had got the water out of the river she must take the pot back some little distance into the bush. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Essere Essere PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 iobj _ _ 5 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 if if SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 back back ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 directly directly ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 parataxis _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 out out ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 back back ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 43 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 45 det _ _ 44 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 46 into into ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the chief | that | Essere | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent essere=Recipient that=Topic | | 2 | **go** | past | Essere | | | | morning | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **get** | to-infinitive | Essere *not said here* | the water | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer water=Stimulus | | 4 | **want** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Essere | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **get back** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Essere *not said here* | Essere's mother | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mother=Stimulus | | 6 | **get** | past · perfect | Essere | the water | | the river | | directly *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **take back** | must | Essere | the pot | | the bush | | some little distance *obl* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pot=Theme into bush=Destination | 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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/6/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/6/107/) - ↑ back to [Vii.--how Two Friends Fell Out: the Spider and the Grasshopper.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/6/)