--- title: I will not receive any present from you; I do not want to kill you,… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: I will not receive any present from you; I do not want to kill you, but I intend to take one of two things from your body, and, if you refuse, I shall kill you at once.” Who acts: I, 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 (I, 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:pg70959:17:109 # text = I will not receive any present from you; I do not want to kill you, but I intend to take one of two things from your body, and, if you refuse, I shall kill you at once.” 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 receive receive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 intend intend VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 nummod _ _ 26 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ _ 27 from from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 33 if if SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 refuse refuse VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 at at ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **receive** | future | I | any present | | | | from you | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent present=Theme from you=Source | | 2 | **not** **want** | present · do-support | I | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **kill** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | you | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 4 | **intend** | present | I | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | one of two things from your body | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 6 | **refuse** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **kill** | shall | I | you | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=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 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/110/) - ↑ back to [Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/)