--- title: The chiefs at once sent the drummer round the town to tell all the p… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: The chiefs at once sent the drummer round the town to tell all the people to attend at the palaver house the next day, that no one was to go to their farms, and that all the small boys of the town were to attend. Who acts: chiefs, one, small 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 (chiefs, one, small 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:pg70959:7:137 # text = The chiefs at once sent the drummer round the town to tell all the people to attend at the palaver house the next day, that no one was to go to their farms, and that all the small boys of the town were to attend. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 chiefs chief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 5 obl _ _ 5 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 drummer drummer NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 round round ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 13 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 15 det:predet _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 iobj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 attend attend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 palaver palaver NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 27 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 28 det _ _ 28 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 farms farm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 38 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 41 det:predet _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nsubj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 attend attend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | the chiefs | the drummer | | | | round the town | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drummer=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | the chiefs *not said here* | | all people | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent people=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **attend** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | day | at the palaver house | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at house=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | no one | | | | | to towns's farms; go *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **attend** | past | all small boys of the town | | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: 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 136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/7/136/) - next →: [sentence 138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/7/138/) - ↑ back to [Ix.--the Story of the War Between Inkum and Enfitop.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/7/)