--- title: Tawu then said he would make another feast to celebrate their depart… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: Tawu then said he would make another feast to celebrate their departure, and that he should like to see his son-in-law dance once more before he returned home; so the people were called to another play, and the chief milked one more cow for their food. Who acts: Tawu, feast, son, chief. 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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 (Tawu, feast, son, chief), 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:pg70959:6:34 # text = Tawu then said he would make another feast to celebrate their departure, and that he should like to see his son-in-law dance once more before he returned home; so the people were called to another play, and the chief milked one more cow for their food. 1 Tawu Tawu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 7 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 8 det _ _ 8 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 celebrate celebrate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 11 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 departure departure NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 22 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 dance dance NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 28 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 29 advmod _ _ 29 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 20 advmod _ _ 30 before before SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 33 home home ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ _ 38 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 42 det _ _ 42 play play NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 47 milked milk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 48 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 50 nummod _ _ 49 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 50 amod _ _ 50 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 51 for for ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Tawu | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **make** | would | Tawu | another feast | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **celebrate** | to-infinitive | another feast *not said here* | spider's departure | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent departure=Theme | | 4 | **like** | should | Tawu | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Tawu *not said here* | Tawu's law dance son | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dance=Stimulus | | 6 | **return** | past | son | | | | | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **call** | past · passive | | the people | another play | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to play=Recipient | | 8 | **milk** | past | the chief | one more cow | | | | for spider's food | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent cow=Source for food=Theme | | 9 | **depart** | | spider | | | | | | nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **dance** | | Tawu | | | | | | nom dance «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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/6/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/6/35/) - ↑ back to [Vii.--how Two Friends Fell Out: the Spider and the Grasshopper.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/6/)