--- title: So he called out that he had changed his mind, and told his sons to… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: So he called out that he had changed his mind, and told his sons to stop working and go home without finishing the work. Who acts: boy. 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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 (boy), 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:pg70959:8:31 # text = So he called out that he had changed his mind, and told his sons to stop working and go home without finishing the work. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 iobj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 18 working work VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 xcomp _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 21 home home ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 without without SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 23 finishing finish VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call out** *speech: assert* | past | boy | | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **change** | past · perfect | boy | boy's mind | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | boy *not said here* | | boy's sons | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent son=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **stop** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | boy *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **work** | gerund | boy *not said here* | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **go** | infinitive | boy *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **finish** | gerund | boy *not said here* | the work | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality work=Eventuality | | 8 | **mind** | | boy | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/8/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/8/32/) - ↑ 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/)