--- title: Agberamfe went as he was told but he stood outside the shelter and w… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: Agberamfe went as he was told but he stood outside the shelter and watched the blacksmith very carefully until he saw him pull the red hot iron out of the fire and make a dart for him. Who acts: Agberamfe, son. 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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 (Agberamfe, son), 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:pg70959:8:50 # text = Agberamfe went as he was told but he stood outside the shelter and watched the blacksmith very carefully until he saw him pull the red hot iron out of the fire and make a dart for him. 1 Agberamfe Agberamfe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 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 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 outside outside ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 shelter shelter NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 blacksmith blacksmith NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 very very ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 19 until until SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 pull pull VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 25 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 26 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 28 out out ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 dart dart NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Agberamfe | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | Agberamfe | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 3 | **stand** | past | Agberamfe | | | the shelter | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent outside shelter=Location | | 4 | **watch** | past | Agberamfe *not said here* | the blacksmith | | | | carefully *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blacksmith=Theme | | 5 | **see** | past | Agberamfe | son | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **pull** | infinitive | son *not said here* | the red hot iron | | the fire | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent iron=Theme out fire=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **make** | infinitive | son *not said here* | a dart | | | | for son | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent dart=Product for he=Beneficiary | 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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/8/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/8/51/) - ↑ 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/)