--- title: The ju-ju man then returned, and the tortoise drew in his head and l… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: The ju-ju man then returned, and the tortoise drew in his head and legs into his shell, but the ju-ju man was so angry at losing the baby that he picked up the tortoise and carried it home. Who acts: ju man, tortoise, 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 man, tortoise, 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:pg70959:10:43 # text = The ju-ju man then returned, and the tortoise drew in his head and legs into his shell, but the ju-ju man was so angry at losing the baby that he picked up the tortoise and carried it home. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 7 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 tortoise tortoise NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 conj _ _ 18 into into ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 shell shell NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 24 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 losing lose VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 obl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 picked pick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 38 up up ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 tortoise tortoise NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 home home ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | past | the ju man | | | | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **draw** | past | the tortoise | | | man's head and legs | | into man's shell | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in head=Destination | | 3 | **is** | past | the ju man | | | | | angry *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **lose** | gerund | | the baby | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Eventuality | | 5 | **pick up** | past | man | the tortoise | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tortoise=Topic | | 6 | **carry** | past | man *not said here* | baby | | | | home *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/10/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/10/44/) - ↑ back to [Xiii.--of Chief Amaza, His Wife Achi and the Tortoise.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/10/)