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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), 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:pg70959:8:11 # text = After another year had passed, Osewo, having drunk a lot of tombo one evening, sent for Agbor to sleep with him, and in due course she conceived and gave birth to a little girl baby whose name was ’Nse. 1 After after ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 3 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 Osewo Osewo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 10 drunk drunk DET PDT PronType=Tot 12 det:predet _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 tombo tombo NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Agbor Agbor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 due due ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 conceived conceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 34 birth birth NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 38 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 40 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 43 ’ ' X GW _ 39 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 44 Nse Nse PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 goeswith _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | past · perfect | | Osewo | | | year | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **have** | gerund | | drunk lot of tombo | | | evening | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient | | 3 | **send** | participle | | | | | | for Agbor | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | | | | | | with Agbor | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **conceive** | past | chief | | | due course | | | vn characterize-29.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **give** | past | chief *not said here* | birth | a little girl baby | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent birth=Theme to baby=Recipient | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/8/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/8/12/) - ↑ back to [Xi.--how a Father Tried to Kill One of His Sons But Failed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/8/)