--- title: Mossim and the child then walked on to Insofan, and, when they got t… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: Mossim and the child then walked on to Insofan, and, when they got there, the slave woman went to Chief Awor’s house and said, “I am Ewa Abagi whom you wanted to marry, and this (turning to the little girl) is my daughter Essere.” Who acts: Mossim, clothes, slave woman, you. 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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 (Mossim, clothes, slave woman, you), 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:pg70959:6:85 # text = Mossim and the child then walked on to Insofan, and, when they got there, the slave woman went to Chief Awor’s house and said, “I am Ewa Abagi whom you wanted to marry, and this (turning to the little girl) is my daughter Essere.” 1 Mossim Mossim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 5 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 6 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Insofan Insofan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 13 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 16 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 23 Chief Chief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 Awor Awor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ’s 's PART POS _ 24 case _ _ 26 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 “ " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 33 Ewa Ewa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 ccomp _ _ 34 Abagi Abagi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 flat _ _ 35 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 acl:relcl _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 42 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 52 nsubj _ _ 43 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 turning turn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 42 acl _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 44 punct _ _ 50 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 51 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 53 Essere Essere PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ” " PUNCT '' _ 52 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | past | Mossim and the child | | | Insofan | then | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on insofan=Trajectory | | 2 | **get** | past | clothes | | | there | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **go** | past | the slave woman | | | Chief Awor's house | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the slave woman *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the slave woman *= woman* | Ewa | | | | whom *acl:relcl* | tree rules | | 6 | **want** *in a quote* | past | you | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **marry** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **turn** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | to the little girl *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to girl=Result | | 9 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | this | my daughter | | | | my *nmod:poss*; Essere *appos* | tree rules | 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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/6/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/6/86/) - ↑ back to [Vii.--how Two Friends Fell Out: the Spider and the Grasshopper.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/6/)