--- title: During all this time I have been starving, and I am very hungry inde… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: During all this time I have been starving, and I am very hungry indeed, as all the food has been brought for ‘the Stranger,’ and the spider has eaten it because my name is Dabi, and I was never mentioned.” Who acts: I, spider, name, my. 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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 (I, spider, name, my), 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:pg70959:6:28 # text = During all this time I have been starving, and I am very hungry indeed, as all the food has been brought for ‘the Stranger,’ and the spider has eaten it because my name is Dabi, and I was never mentioned.” 1 During during ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 4 det:predet _ _ 3 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 aux _ _ 8 starving starve VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 very very ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ 15 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 18 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 20 det:predet _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 spider spider NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 33 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 conj _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 because because SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 39 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 40 Dabi Dabi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux:pass _ _ 45 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 mentioned mention VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 46 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **starve** | present · perfect · progressive | I | | | | time | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | I | | | | | hungry, indeed *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **bring** | present · perfect · passive | | all food | | | | for the Stranger | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **eat** | present · perfect | the spider | food | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 5 | **is a** | present | my name | Dabi | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **mention** *speech: other* | past · passive | | I | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | | 7 | **name** | | my | | | | | | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/6/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/6/29/) - ↑ back to [Vii.--how Two Friends Fell Out: the Spider and the Grasshopper.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/6/)