--- title: If she did not prove satisfactory, she would be returned to her pare… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: If she did not prove satisfactory, she would be returned to her parents, who would refund the amount of dowry received up to date, and the girl would be given a present of about 8_s._; she could then marry another man. Who acts: girl. 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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 (girl), 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:pg70959:1:33 # text = If she did not prove satisfactory, she would be returned to her parents, who would refund the amount of dowry received up to date, and the girl would be given a present of about 8_s._; she could then marry another man. 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 prove prove VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 satisfactory satisfactory ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 returned return VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 17 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 refund refund VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 amount amount NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 dowry dowry NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 received receive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl _ _ 24 up up ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 date date NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 parataxis _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 about about ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 8 8 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 s. s. X GW _ 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 46 advmod _ _ 46 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 47 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 48 det _ _ 48 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **prove** | past · do-support | girl | | | | | satisfactory *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **return** | would · passive | | girl | girl's parents | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to parent=Destination | | 3 | **refund** | would | | the amount of dowry | | | | who *nsubj* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent amount=Recipient s.=Theme | | 4 | **receive up** | participle | | the amount of dowry *not said here* | | | | to date | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **give** | would · passive | | the girl | | | | a present of 8 *obj* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient present=Theme | | 6 | **marry** | could | girl | another man | | | then | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient | | 7 | **amount** | | | dowry | | | | | nom amount «possession transitive»: of=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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/1/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/1/34/) - ↑ back to [Opening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/1/)