--- title: The Inde boy who had gone with Ode, directly they had gone a little… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: The Inde boy who had gone with Ode, directly they had gone a little distance from the house, strongly urged Ode to go home, as the sticks the ju-ju man had given to him were known to be very dangerous, and if he went there again Ekum would probably either poison him or call upon the lightning to kil --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/29/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/) / [Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/) / 29 # Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover., sentence 29 The Inde boy who had gone with Ode, directly they had gone a little distance from the house, strongly urged Ode to go home, as the sticks the ju-ju man had given to him were known to be very dangerous, and if he went there again Ekum would probably either poison him or call upon the lightning to kill him, which he was quite capable of doing. **Who acts:** Inde boy, wives, ju man, Ode, Ekum · **What happens:** go, urge, give, know, be, poison · **To what, where:** little distance, house, Ode, sticks · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria» by Elphinstone Dayrell, Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Inde boy, wives, ju man, Ode), 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:pg70959:17:29 # text = The Inde boy who had gone with Ode, directly they had gone a little distance from the house, strongly urged Ode to go home, as the sticks the ju-ju man had given to him were known to be very dangerous, and if he went there again Ekum would probably either poison him or call upon the lightning to kill him, which he was quite capable of doing. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Inde Inde PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Ode Ode PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 directly directly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 from from ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 strongly strongly ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 urged urge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 23 Ode Ode PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 iobj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 26 home home ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 as as ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 sticks stick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 32 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 acl:relcl _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 40 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 advcl _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 cop _ _ 44 very very ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 dangerous dangerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 48 if if SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 51 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 50 advmod _ _ 52 again again ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 53 Ekum Ekum PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 nsubj _ _ 54 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 55 probably probably ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 56 either either CCONJ CC _ 57 cc:preconj _ _ 57 poison poison VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 parataxis _ _ 58 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 obj _ _ 59 or or CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 60 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 conj _ _ 61 upon upon ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 lightning lightning NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ _ 64 to to PART TO _ 65 mark _ _ 65 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 60 advcl _ _ 66 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 68 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 72 nsubj _ _ 69 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 72 nsubj _ _ 70 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 72 cop _ _ 71 quite quite ADV RB _ 72 advmod _ _ 72 capable capable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 parataxis _ _ 73 of of SCONJ IN _ 74 mark _ _ 74 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 72 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past · perfect | the Inde boy | | | | | with Ode; who *nsubj* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with ode=Beneficiary | | 2 | **go** | past · perfect | wives *= wife* | a little distance | | the house | | directly *property* | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location distance=Theme | | 3 | **urge** | participle | the Inde boy *not said here* | | Ode | | | strongly *property* | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent ode=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Inde boy *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **give** | past · perfect | the ju man | the sticks *not said here* | Ode | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent stick=Theme to he=Recipient | | 6 | **know** | past · passive | | the sticks | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 7 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | dangerous *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **go** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Ode | | | there | again | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **poison** | would | Ekum | Ode | | | | probably *property* | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 10 | **call** | infinitive | Ekum *not said here* | | | | | upon the lightning | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **kill** | to-infinitive | Ekum *not said here* | Ode | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 12 | **is** | past | | | | | | which *nsubj*; Ekum *nsubj*; capable *property* | tree rules | | 13 | **do** | gerund | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/30/) - ↑ back to [Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/)