--- title: The old woman told her daughter that Ogor had stolen out of the hous… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: The old woman told her daughter that Ogor had stolen out of the house as he had done on the previous day, and she thought he had most likely gone to join the small boys’ company as she had heard them playing in the town. Who acts: old woman, Ogor, Omegha, boys. 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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 (old woman, Ogor, Omegha, boys), 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:pg70959:7:123 # text = The old woman told her daughter that Ogor had stolen out of the house as he had done on the previous day, and she thought he had most likely gone to join the small boys’ company as she had heard them playing in the town. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 iobj _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 Ogor Ogor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 stolen steal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ _ 11 out out ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 previous previous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 29 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 30 advmod _ _ 30 likely likely ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 ccomp _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 join join VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ’ 's PART POS _ 36 case _ _ 38 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 39 as as SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 43 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 playing play VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 42 xcomp _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the old woman | | Omegha's daughter | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent daughter=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **steal** | past · perfect · passive | | Ogor | | the house | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme out house=Source | | 3 | **do** | past · perfect | Ogor | | | | day | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Omegha | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **go** | past · perfect | Ogor | | | | | likely *property* | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **join** | to-infinitive | Ogor *not said here* | the small boys's company | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent company=Patient | | 7 | **hear** | past · perfect | Omegha | boys *= boy* | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **play** | gerund | boys *= boy* *not said here* | | | the town | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=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 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/7/122/) - next →: [sentence 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/7/124/) - ↑ back to [Ix.--the Story of the War Between Inkum and Enfitop.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/7/)