--- title: They searched everywhere for Ogor, but could not find him, so at las… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: They searched everywhere for Ogor, but could not find him, so at last Omegha thought of the porcupine, and made up her mind to ask his advice as to what had happened to Ogor, and what was the best thing to do to get him back again. Who acts: women, Omegha. 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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 (women, Omegha), 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:pg70959:7:125 # text = They searched everywhere for Ogor, but could not find him, so at last Omegha thought of the porcupine, and made up her mind to ask his advice as to what had happened to Ogor, and what was the best thing to do to get him back again. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 searched search VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 everywhere everywhere ADV RB PronType=Tot 2 advmod _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Ogor Ogor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 find find VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 Omegha Omegha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 17 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 porcupine porcupine NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 24 up up ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 31 fixed _ _ 33 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 35 nsubj _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 ccomp _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 Ogor Ogor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 40 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 44 nsubj _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 44 amod _ _ 44 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 acl _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 advcl _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 back back ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 again again ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **search** | past | women *= woman* | | | | | for Ogor; everywhere *property* | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for ogor=Theme | | 2 | **not** **find** | could | | Ogor | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | | | | last Omegha | | of the porcupine | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **make up** | past | | Omegha's mind | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | | Ogor's advice | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent advice=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **happen** | past · perfect | | | Ogor | | | what *nsubj* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is a** | past | | the best thing | | | | what *nsubj* | tree rules | | 8 | **do** | to-infinitive | women *= woman* *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **get** | to-infinitive | women *= woman* *not said here* | Ogor | | | again | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 10 | **mind** | | Omegha | | | | | | nom mind «cognition 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 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/7/124/) - next →: [sentence 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/7/126/) - ↑ back to [Ix.--the Story of the War Between Inkum and Enfitop.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/7/)