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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 (spider, girl, Stranger, name), 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:pg70959:6:14 # text = The next day they resumed their journey, and when they arrived at the town where the girl lived whom the spider was about to marry, he went to his future father-in-law’s house, whose name was Tawn, and said, “Tawn, I have come to marry your daughter.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 resumed resume VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 19 advmod _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 20 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 19 obj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 spider spider NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 24 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 acl:relcl _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 32 future future ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 33 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ’s 's PART POS _ 37 case _ _ 39 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 44 Tawn Tawn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 “ " PUNCT `` _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 Tawn Tawn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 53 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 parataxis _ _ 55 to to PART TO _ 56 mark _ _ 56 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 xcomp _ _ 57 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **resume** | past | spider | spider's journey | | | day | | tree rules | | 2 | **arrive** | past | spider | | | the town | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **live** | past | the girl | the town | | | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme whom=Location | | 4 | **is** | past | the spider | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **marry** | to-infinitive | the spider *not said here* | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **go** | past | Stranger | | | Stranger's future house father and Tawn | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **is a** | past | Tawn's name | Tawn | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | spider *not said here* | Tawn | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **come** *in a quote* | present · perfect | this spider *= spider* | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **marry** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | this spider *= spider* *not said here* | your daughter | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient | | 11 | **journey** | | spider | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **name** | | Tawn | | | | | | nom name «communication 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/6/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/6/15/) - ↑ back to [Vii.--how Two Friends Fell Out: the Spider and the Grasshopper.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/6/)