--- title: This was done for two years and nothing happened, but, in the commen… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: This was done for two years and nothing happened, but, in the commencement of the third year, Chief Eka’s son, thinking he was quite safe, thought he would like to bathe, so he went down to the river and went into the water as far as his knees; he then washed himself and returned home. 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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 (nothing, commencement, Chief), 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:pg70959:7:156 # text = This was done for two years and nothing happened, but, in the commencement of the third year, Chief Eka’s son, thinking he was quite safe, thought he would like to bathe, so he went down to the river and went into the water as far as his knees; he then washed himself and returned home. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 9 nsubj _ _ 9 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 commencement commencement NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 19 amod _ _ 19 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 Chief Chief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod:poss _ _ 22 Eka Eka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ’s 's PART POS _ 21 case _ _ 24 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 conj _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 quite quite ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 32 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 ccomp _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 bathe bathe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 so so ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 42 down down ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 48 into into ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 51 as as ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 47 advmod _ _ 53 as as ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 knees knee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ; ; PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 57 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 58 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 59 advmod _ _ 59 washed wash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 60 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 59 obj _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 62 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 conj _ _ 63 home home ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · passive | | This | | | year | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **happen** | past | nothing | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | the commencement of the third year Chief's son *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | Chief | | | | | safe *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the commencement of the third year Chief's son | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **like** | would | Chief | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **bathe** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Chief *not said here* | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **go down** | past | Chief | | | | | to the river; down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 9 | **go** | past | Chief *not said here* | | | the water | | far *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into water=Initial\_Location | | 10 | **wash** | past | Chief | Chief | | | then | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | | 11 | **return** | past | Chief *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 155](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/7/155/) - next →: [sentence 157](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/7/157/) - ↑ back to [Ix.--the Story of the War Between Inkum and Enfitop.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/7/)