--- title: This enraged the Inkum people, and the next day Chief Osode went to… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: This enraged the Inkum people, and the next day Chief Osode went to Enfitop and told them that, as they had refused to attend the play, they would not be members of the society any longer. Who acts: This, Chief, people. 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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 (This, Chief, people), 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:pg70959:7:24 # text = This enraged the Inkum people, and the next day Chief Osode went to Enfitop and told them that, as they had refused to attend the play, they would not be members of the society any longer. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 nsubj _ _ 2 enraged enrage VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 Inkum Inkum PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl:unmarked _ _ 11 Chief Chief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 12 Osode Osode PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 flat _ _ 13 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Enfitop Enfitop PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 iobj _ _ 19 that that ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 refused refuse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 conj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 attend attend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 play play NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 31 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 cop _ _ 34 members member NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 advcl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 society society NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 any any ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enrage** | past | This | the Inkum people | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus people=Experiencer | | 2 | **go** | past | Chief | | | Enfitop | day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to enfitop=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Chief *not said here* | | people | | | that *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 4 | **refuse** | past · perfect | people | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **not** **attend** | to-infinitive | people *not said here* | the play | | | | | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme play=Goal | | 6 | **not** **is a** | would | people | members | | | | of the society; long *property* | tree rules | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/7/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/7/25/) - ↑ back to [Ix.--the Story of the War Between Inkum and Enfitop.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/7/)