--- title: When the rabbit heard this he went off and told Agbor, who was very… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: When the rabbit heard this he went off and told Agbor, who was very glad that she had arranged matters with the Queen of the White Ants. Who acts: rabbit, Agbor, chief. 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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 (rabbit, Agbor, 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:pg70959:8:25 # text = When the rabbit heard this he went off and told Agbor, who was very glad that she had arranged matters with the Queen of the White Ants. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 5 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obj _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 off off ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 11 Agbor Agbor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 very very ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 parataxis _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 arranged arrange VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 csubj:pass _ _ 21 matters matter VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 White white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 Ants Ant PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | the rabbit | this | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **go off** | past | Agbor | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Agbor *not said here* | | Agbor | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent agbor=Recipient | | 4 | **is** | past | Agbor | | | | | glad *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **arrange** | past · perfect | chief | | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **matter** | present | Agbor *not said here* | | | | | with the Queen of the White Ants | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/8/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/8/26/) - ↑ 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/)