--- title: ’Nyambi said, “I intend either to take your eyes out, which will pre… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: ’Nyambi said, “I intend either to take your eyes out, which will prevent your looking at pretty girls any more, or else I will cut a certain part of your body off, which will stop your doing them any harm in the future.” Who acts: Nyambi, your. 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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 (Nyambi, your), 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:pg70959:17:111 # text = ’Nyambi said, “I intend either to take your eyes out, which will prevent your looking at pretty girls any more, or else I will cut a certain part of your body off, which will stop your doing them any harm in the future.” 1 ’ ' PUNCT NFP _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Nyambi Nyambi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 intend intend VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 either either CCONJ CC _ 10 cc:preconj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 11 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 13 out out ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 16 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 prevent prevent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 18 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 pretty pretty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 girls girl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 23 any any ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 or or CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 else else ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 off off ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 40 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 42 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 41 ccomp _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 46 det _ _ 46 harm harm NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 future future NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Nyambi | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **intend** *in a quote* | present | Nyambi | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **take out** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | Nyambi *not said here* | your eyes | | | | out *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme | | 4 | **prevent** *in a quote* | future | | | | | | which *nsubj* | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer | | 5 | **look** *in a quote* | gerund | your | | | | | at pretty girls | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at girl=Theme | | 6 | **cut off** *in a quote* | future | Nyambi | a certain part of your body | | | | else *property* | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector part=Eventuality | | 7 | **stop** *in a quote* | future | | | | | | which *nsubj* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **do** *in a quote* | gerund | your | eyes *= eye* | | the future | | any harm *obj* | tree rules | 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 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/110/) - next →: [sentence 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/112/) - ↑ back to [Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/)