--- title: When the night came the Chief saw that Agberamfe was looking sad, an… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: When the night came the Chief saw that Agberamfe was looking sad, and told him to go home to his mother, but the boy would not go, and told his father that he was too fond of him to leave him and let him die alone. Who acts: night, Chief, Agberamfe, 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 (night, Chief, Agberamfe, 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:pg70959:8:75 # text = When the night came the Chief saw that Agberamfe was looking sad, and told him to go home to his mother, but the boy would not go, and told his father that he was too fond of him to leave him and let him die alone. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Chief Chief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 Agberamfe Agberamfe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 ccomp _ _ 12 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 iobj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 19 home home ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 27 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 iobj _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 too too ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 fond fond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 ccomp _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 ccomp _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 conj _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ _ 49 alone alone ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the night | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past | the Chief | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **look** | past · progressive | Agberamfe | | | | | sad *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the Chief *not said here* | | Agberamfe | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Chief *not said here* | | | | | to Agberamfe's mother; home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to mother=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **not** **go** | would | the boy | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the Chief *not said here* | | boy's father | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent father=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **is** | past | father | | | | | of boy; fond *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **leave** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | father | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 10 | **let** | infinitive | | father | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **die** | infinitive | father *not said here* | | | | | alone *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/8/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/8/76/) - ↑ 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/)