--- title: When he rejoined the grasshopper later in the day, he produced his b… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: When he rejoined the grasshopper later in the day, he produced his bag, and took out the buck’s head, and told the grasshopper that his dog’s skull was very clever, and had killed the buck. Who acts: grasshopper, skull. 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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 (grasshopper, skull), 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:pg70959:6:55 # text = When he rejoined the grasshopper later in the day, he produced his bag, and took out the buck’s head, and told the grasshopper that his dog’s skull was very clever, and had killed the buck. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 rejoined rejoin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 grasshopper grasshopper NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 produced produce VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 18 out out ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 buck buck NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ’s 's PART POS _ 20 case _ _ 22 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 grasshopper grasshopper NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 iobj _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ’s 's PART POS _ 30 case _ _ 32 skull skull NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 very very ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 buck buck NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rejoin** | past | grasshopper | | | | day | late *property* | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **produce** | past | grasshopper | grasshopper's bag | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Result | | 3 | **take out** | past | grasshopper *not said here* | the buck's head | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | grasshopper *not said here* | | the grasshopper | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent grasshopper=Recipient | | 5 | **is** | past | grasshopper's dog's skull | | | | | clever *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **kill** | past · perfect | grasshopper *not said here* | the buck | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent buck=Theme | 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/6/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/6/56/) - ↑ back to [Vii.--how Two Friends Fell Out: the Spider and the Grasshopper.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/6/)