--- title: Omegha then went down to the beach with the porcupine, and, when the… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: Omegha then went down to the beach with the porcupine, and, when they arrived at the water’s edge, the porcupine, who was a very good swimmer, at once dived into the river and swam to the water ju-ju’s house. Who acts: Omegha, sons, edge. 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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 (Omegha, sons, edge), 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:pg70959:7:129 # text = Omegha then went down to the beach with the porcupine, and, when they arrived at the water’s edge, the porcupine, who was a very good swimmer, at once dived into the river and swam to the water ju-ju’s house. 1 Omegha Omegha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 down down ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 beach beach NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 porcupine porcupine NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ’s 's PART POS _ 19 case _ _ 21 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 porcupine porcupine NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 29 very very ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 swimmer swimmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 at at SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 35 advmod _ _ 35 dived dive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 36 into into ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 swam swim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 ju ju PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ju ju PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ’s 's PART POS _ 44 case _ _ 48 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go down** | past | Omegha | | | | then | to the beach with the porcupine; down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **arrive** | past | sons *= son* | | | the water's edge and the porcupine and a good swimmer | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | past | the water's edge and the porcupine and a good swimmer | a good swimmer | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **dive** | participle | sons *= son* *not said here* | | | the river | | once *property* | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into river=Location | | 5 | **swim** | past | Omegha *not said here* | | | the water ju's house | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to water=Destination | 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 128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/7/128/) - next →: [sentence 130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/7/130/) - ↑ back to [Ix.--the Story of the War Between Inkum and Enfitop.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/7/)