--- title: The slaves did as as they were ordered, and after three days returne… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: The slaves did as as they were ordered, and after three days returned and reported to the chief that everything had been done as he had directed. Who acts: slaves, chief, crocodile. 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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 (slaves, chief, crocodile), 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:pg70959:8:37 # text = The slaves did as as they were ordered, and after three days returned and reported to the chief that everything had been done as he had directed. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 slaves slave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 as as ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 ordered order VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 after after ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 14 returned return VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 reported report VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 conj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl:relcl _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 directed direct VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | the slaves | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **order** | past · passive | | slaves *= slave* | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **return** | participle | the slaves *not said here* | | | | day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **report** | participle | the slaves *not said here* | | | | | to the chief | vn subordinate-95.2.1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to chief=Co-Agent | | 5 | **do** | past · perfect · passive | the chief *not said here* | everything | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 6 | **direct** | past · perfect | crocodile | | | | | | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/8/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/8/38/) - ↑ 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/)