--- title: But the ju-ju man said, “I know what you are thinking of, you want t… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: But the ju-ju man said, “I know what you are thinking of, you want to put me off with a present of some fish, but I do not intend to accept anything of the sort. Who acts: ju man, you. 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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 man, you), 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:pg70959:10:29 # text = But the ju-ju man said, “I know what you are thinking of, you want to put me off with a present of some fish, but I do not intend to accept anything of the sort. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 3 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 12 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 15 obj _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 ccomp _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 off off ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 29 det _ _ 29 fish fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 intend intend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 accept accept VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 37 obj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the ju man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **know** *in a quote* | present | the ju man *= man* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present · progressive | you | | | | | what *obj* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | | 4 | **want** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **put off** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | the ju man *= man* | | | with a present of some fish | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent i=Goal | | 6 | **not** **intend** *in a quote* | present · do-support | the ju man *= man* | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **accept** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | the ju man *= man* *not said here* | anything of the sort | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/10/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/10/30/) - ↑ back to [Xiii.--of Chief Amaza, His Wife Achi and the Tortoise.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/10/)