--- title: This annoyed the leopard so much that he determined to take the boy… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: This annoyed the leopard so much that he determined to take the boy back to his father and not to try and kill him any more as each time he tried he did something to damage himself. Who acts: This, annoyed leopard, leopard. 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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 (This, annoyed leopard, leopard), 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:pg70959:8:64 # text = This annoyed the leopard so much that he determined to take the boy back to his father and not to try and kill him any more as each time he tried he did something to damage himself. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 2 annoyed annoyed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 leopard leopard NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 much much ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 determined determine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 back back ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 any any ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 23 advmod _ _ 27 as as ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 29 det _ _ 29 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 34 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 33 obj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 damage damage VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 acl _ _ 37 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leopard** | | This | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **determine** | past | the annoyed leopard | | | | | leopard *nsubj* | vn discover-84 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **take back** | to-infinitive | the annoyed leopard *not said here* | the boy | leopard's father | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent boy=Theme to father=Destination | | 4 | **not** **try** | to-infinitive | the annoyed leopard *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **kill** | infinitive | the annoyed leopard *not said here* | leopard | | | time | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 6 | **try** | past | leopard | each time *not said here* | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent time=Eventuality | | 7 | **do** | past | leopard | something | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality | | 8 | **damage** | to-infinitive | leopard *not said here* | leopard | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/8/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/8/65/) - ↑ 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/)