--- title: Mossim was then handed over to the young men who had rescued Ewa Aba… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: Mossim was then handed over to the young men who had rescued Ewa Abagi, and they took her to the place where she had pushed her mistress into the river, and, having cut her head off, threw the head and body into the river. Who acts: MEN, Mossim. 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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 (MEN, Mossim), 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:pg70959:6:112 # text = Mossim was then handed over to the young men who had rescued Ewa Abagi, and they took her to the place where she had pushed her mistress into the river, and, having cut her head off, threw the head and body into the river. 1 Mossim Mossim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 handed hand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 over over ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 rescued rescue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl:relcl _ _ 13 Ewa Ewa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 14 Abagi Abagi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 23 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 26 advmod _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 pushed push VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 acl:relcl _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 mistress mistress NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 into into ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 36 cut cut ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 off off ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ _ 46 into into ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hand over** | past · passive | | Mossim | the young men | | then | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to man=Destination | | 2 | **rescue** | past · perfect · passive | | the young men | | | | Ewa *obj* | tree rules | | 3 | **take** | past | MEN *= man* | EWA | | the place | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to place=Destination | | 4 | **push** | past · perfect | Mossim | Mossim's mistress | | the river | | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent mistress=Theme into river=Destination | | 5 | **have** | gerund | MEN *= man* *not said here* | | | | | cut Mossim's head; off *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **throw** | past | MEN *= man* *not said here* | the head and body | | | | into the river *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer head=Theme into river=Result | 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 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/6/111/) - next →: [sentence 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/6/113/) - ↑ back to [Vii.--how Two Friends Fell Out: the Spider and the Grasshopper.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/6/)