--- title: The man whose name has been “called” and who has passed the ju-ju fi… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: The man whose name has been “called” and who has passed the ju-ju firmly believes in its power to kill him, and he will go home, refuse to eat, and in a short time will pine away and die. Who acts: ju ju, man. 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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 (ju ju, man), 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:pg70959:1:74 # text = The man whose name has been “called” and who has passed the ju-ju firmly believes in its power to kill him, and he will go home, refuse to eat, and in a short time will pine away and die. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 6 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 aux:pass _ _ 7 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 15 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 18 firmly firmly ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 believes believe VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 31 home home ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 refuse refuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 42 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 pine pine NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 xcomp _ _ 44 away away ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | the man the man the man's name's name | | | | time pine *xcomp* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 2 | **pass** | present · perfect · passive | | | | | | who *nsubj:pass* | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory | | 3 | **believe** | present | the ju ju | | | ju's power | | firmly *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **kill** | to-infinitive | the ju ju *not said here* | man | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **go** | future | man | | | | | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **refuse** | infinitive | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **not** **eat** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **die** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 9 | **name** | | the man the man name's name | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/1/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/1/75/) - ↑ back to [Opening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/1/)