--- title: Then ’Nyambi told the people that he had done this thing, and addres… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: Then ’Nyambi told the people that he had done this thing, and addressed them as follows: “When I married my wife Obim, while she was still in the circumcision house, Chief Oga went to her and tried to persuade her to go to him. Who acts: Nyambi, thing, circumcision house. 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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, thing, circumcision house), 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:pg70959:17:147 # text = Then ’Nyambi told the people that he had done this thing, and addressed them as follows: “When I married my wife Obim, while she was still in the circumcision house, Chief Oga went to her and tried to persuade her to go to him. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 ’ ' PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Nyambi Nyambi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 iobj _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 acl:relcl _ _ 11 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 12 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 addressed address VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 18 follows follow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 20 “ " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 married marry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 24 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 Obim Obim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 28 while while SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 31 still still ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 circumcision circumcision NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 Chief Chief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 appos _ _ 38 Oga Oga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 flat _ _ 39 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 persuade persuade VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 46 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Nyambi | | the people | | then | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent people=Recipient | | 2 | **do** | past · perfect | NYAMBI | this thing | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | | 3 | **address** | past | Nyambi *not said here* | people | | | | | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Destination | | 4 | **follow** | present | Nyambi *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **marry** *in a quote* | past | Nyambi | my wife | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Patient | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | past | thing | | | the circumcision house | still | Chief *appos* | tree rules | | 7 | **go** *in a quote* | past | the circumcision house | | thing | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to she=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **try** *in a quote* | past | the circumcision house *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 9 | **persuade** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | the circumcision house *not said here* | thing | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Patient clause=Result | | 10 | **go** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | thing *not said here* | | chief | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial\_Location | 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 146](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/146/) - next →: [sentence 148](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/148/) - ↑ back to [Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/)