--- title: When he saw that Ode’s life had been in danger and that he had escap… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: When he saw that Ode’s life had been in danger and that he had escaped, the old man repented, and told Ode to stay at Okuni and he would try to make Edidor return to him. Who acts: Ode, life, Edidor. 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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 (Ode, life, Edidor), 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:pg70959:17:32 # text = When he saw that Ode’s life had been in danger and that he had escaped, the old man repented, and told Ode to stay at Okuni and he would try to make Edidor return to him. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 5 Ode Ode PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’s 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 9 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 cop _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 escaped escape VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 21 repented repent VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 25 Ode Ode PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 iobj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Okuni Okuni PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 Edidor Edidor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 37 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | Ode | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past · perfect | Ode's life | | | danger | | the old man *appos* | tree rules | | 3 | **escape** | past · perfect | Ode | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **repent** | participle | | the old man *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | | | Ode | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent ode=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **stay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | Okuni | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at okuni=Location | | 7 | **try** | would | Ode | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **make** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Ode *not said here* | Edidor | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **return** *not said to happen* | infinitive | Edidor *not said here* | | Ode | | | | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to he=Result | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/33/) - ↑ back to [Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/)