--- title: Oga said he could not part with his eyes, so at last he consented to… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: Oga said he could not part with his eyes, so at last he consented to ’Nyambi’s cutting the part off his body, provided he promised not to kill him and to let him go. Who acts: Oga, NYAMBI. 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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 (Oga, NYAMBI), 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:pg70959:17:112 # text = Oga said he could not part with his eyes, so at last he consented to ’Nyambi’s cutting the part off his body, provided he promised not to kill him and to let him go. 1 Oga Oga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 consented consent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 16 to to SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 ’ ' PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Nyambi Nyambi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 20 cutting cut VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 19 xcomp _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 off off ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 provided provide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 ccomp _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Oga | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **part** | could | OGA | | | | | with OGA's eyes | tree rules | | 3 | **consent** | past | OGA | | | last | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **cut off** | gerund | OGA *not said here* | the part | | | | NYAMBI's body *obj* | tree rules | | 5 | **provide** | past | | | | | | | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition clause=Theme | | 6 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | NYAMBI | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **not** **kill** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | NYAMBI *not said here* | NYAMBI | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 8 | **let** | to-infinitive | NYAMBI *not said here* | NYAMBI | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **go** | infinitive | NYAMBI *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/111/) - next →: [sentence 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/113/) - ↑ back to [Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/)