--- title: The ju-ju man then said, “It was your friend Okpa who sent the big s… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: The ju-ju man then said, “It was your friend Okpa who sent the big snake to swallow you as he is envious of your being a hunter and making more money than him.” Who acts: ju man, word, friend, 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, word, friend, 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:pg70959:12:33 # text = The ju-ju man then said, “It was your friend Okpa who sent the big snake to swallow you as he is envious of your being a hunter and making more money than him.” 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 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 ccomp _ _ 14 Okpa Okpa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 appos _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 16 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 swallow swallow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 envious envious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 advcl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 28 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 29 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 cop _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 hunter hunter NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 conj _ _ 34 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 35 amod _ _ 35 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 than than ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ” " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the ju man | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | word | your friend | | | | your *nmod:poss*; Okpa *appos* | tree rules | | 3 | **send** *in a quote* | past | your friend | the big snake | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snake=Theme | | 4 | **swallow** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | your friend *not said here* | you | | | | | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | man | | | | | envious *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | of your hunter; your *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 7 | **make** *in a quote* | gerund | | more money | | | | than man | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset money=Product | 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/pg70959/12/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/12/34/) - ↑ back to [Xv.--what Happened At Okuni When Anyone Was Killed By Accident.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/12/)