--- title: Two days afterwards, Chief Eka went down to the beach, where he saw… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: Two days afterwards, Chief Eka went down to the beach, where he saw the dead body of his son floating down the river, so he sent some men out in a canoe and they brought back the dead body and it was buried. Who acts: Chief, son, sons. 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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 (Chief, son, sons), 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:pg70959:7:165 # text = Two days afterwards, Chief Eka went down to the beach, where he saw the dead body of his son floating down the river, so he sent some men out in a canoe and they brought back the dead body and it was buried. 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 Chief Chief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 Eka Eka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 flat _ _ 7 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 down down ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 beach beach NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 15 advmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 floating float VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 acl _ _ 23 down down ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 30 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 31 det _ _ 31 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 32 out out ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 canoe canoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 39 back back ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 buried bury VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go down** | past | Chief | | | | | to the beach; afterwards, down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **see** | past | Chief | the dead body of Chief's son | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer body=Stimulus | | 3 | **float** | gerund | Chief's son *not said here* | | | the river | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme down river=Trajectory | | 4 | **send out** | past | Chief | some men | | a canoe | | out *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent man=Theme in canoe=Destination | | 5 | **bring back** | past | sons *= son* | the dead body | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent body=Theme | | 6 | **bury** | past · passive | | body | | | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 164](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/7/164/) - next →: [sentence 166](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/7/166/) - ↑ back to [Ix.--the Story of the War Between Inkum and Enfitop.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/7/)