--- title: When the morning came, the little girl went off with her pot, as bef… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: When the morning came, the little girl went off with her pot, as before, and having filled it with water, carried it back into the bush some little way from the river, and then sat down, and called for her mother to come and help her. Who acts: morning, little girl. 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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 (morning, little girl), 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:pg70959:6:107 # text = When the morning came, the little girl went off with her pot, as before, and having filled it with water, carried it back into the bush some little way from the river, and then sat down, and called for her mother to come and help her. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 off off ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 15 as as ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 before before ADV RB _ 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 aux _ _ 20 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 conj _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 back back ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 28 into into ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 31 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 33 det _ _ 32 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl:unmarked _ _ 34 from from ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 40 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 41 down down ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 advcl _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 conj _ _ 52 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the morning | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **go off** | past | the little girl | | | | | with girl's pot | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **fill** | gerund · perfect | the little girl *not said here* | pot | | | | with water | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with water=Instrument | | 4 | **carry back** | past | | pot | | the bush | | some little way from the river *obl:unmarked* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **sit down** | past | | | | | then | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **call** | past | | | | | | for girl's mother | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for mother=Recipient | | 7 | **come** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **help** | infinitive | | | mother | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary | 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 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/6/106/) - next →: [sentence 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/6/108/) - ↑ back to [Vii.--how Two Friends Fell Out: the Spider and the Grasshopper.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/6/)