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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 (snake, survivors, Enfitop people, 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:pg70959:7:84 # text = As soon as he had done this the survivors of the Inkums, headed by Chief Indoma, walked over the snake’s body, but, when the Enfitop people tried to follow them, the snake waited until they were in the middle and then sank, leaving the Enfitop men to drown. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 19 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 7 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 obj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 survivors survivor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Inkums Inkum PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 headed head VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ _ 15 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Chief Chief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl:agent _ _ 17 Indoma Indoma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 19 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 over over ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ’s 's PART POS _ 22 case _ _ 24 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 Enfitop Enfitop PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 32 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 40 until until SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 42 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 advcl _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 48 advmod _ _ 48 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 50 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 48 advcl _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 Enfitop Enfitop PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 compound _ _ 53 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obj _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 55 drown drown VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · perfect | snake | this | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality | | 2 | **head** | participle | | the Inkums *not said here* | | | | Chief *obl:agent* | vn conduct-111.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **walk** | past | the survivors of the Inkums | | | the snake's body | | soon *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over body=Trajectory | | 4 | **try** | past | the Enfitop people | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **follow** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Enfitop people *not said here* | people | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 6 | **wait** | past | the snake | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | people | | | the middle | | | tree rules | | 8 | **sink** | past | the snake *not said here* | | | | then | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **leave** | gerund | the snake *not said here* | the Enfitop men | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme | | 10 | **drown** | to-infinitive | the snake *not said here* | the Enfitop men *not said here* | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: 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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/7/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/7/85/) - ↑ back to [Ix.--the Story of the War Between Inkum and Enfitop.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/7/)