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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 (Chief, father), 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:pg70959:8:77 # text = The following morning, the Chief got up from his bed, and having called all his people round him, explained the trial he had made, to see which of his sons loved him the most. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 amod _ _ 3 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Chief Chief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 up up ADP RB _ 11 case _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 aux _ _ 15 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 16 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 18 det:predet _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 xcomp _ _ 19 round round ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 explained explain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 trial trial NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 35 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 ccomp _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **get up** | past | the Chief | father's bed | | | morning | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bed=Stimulus | | 3 | **call** | gerund · perfect | the Chief *not said here* | father's people round father | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **explain** *speech: assert* | past | | the trial | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trial=Topic | | 5 | **make** | past · perfect | father | the trial *not said here* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trial=Product | | 6 | **see** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **love** | past | | father | | | | of father's sons; which *obj* | tree rules | 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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/8/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/8/78/) - ↑ 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/)