--- title: A native from Cavally on the Kroo Coast affirms that he first told t… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: A native from Cavally on the Kroo Coast affirms that he first told this story which was afterwards related to me, and this boy certainly gave me afterwards the main features of the story, but with a different local colouring. Who acts: native Cavally, Cavally, story, boy. 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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 (native Cavally, Cavally, story, boy), 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:pg70959:6:67 # text = A native from Cavally on the Kroo Coast affirms that he first told this story which was afterwards related to me, and this boy certainly gave me afterwards the main features of the story, but with a different local colouring. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 native native ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Cavally Cavally PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 Kroo Kroo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Coast Coast PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 9 affirms affirm VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 13 advmod _ _ 13 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 14 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 15 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 related related ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 acl:relcl _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 25 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 26 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 28 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ _ 29 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 main main ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 features feature NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 40 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 41 local local ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 colouring colouring NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **affirm** | present | a native Cavally on the Kroo Coast | | | | | with a different local colouring | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Cavally | this story | | | | first *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient | | 3 | **is** | past | this story | | me | | | afterwards, related *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **give** | past | this boy | the main features of the story | me | | | afterwards, certainly *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient feature=Theme | | 5 | **feature** | | | the story | | | | | nom feature «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/6/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/6/68/) - ↑ back to [Vii.--how Two Friends Fell Out: the Spider and the Grasshopper.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/6/)