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title: The ju-ju man also had taken a fancy to her, and when he found that… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics
description: The ju-ju man also had taken a fancy to her, and when he found that Edidor’s father had been trying to persuade his daughter to return to her husband, he put some ju-ju into her food which made her take an intense dislike to her husband. Who acts: ju man, Ode, father, daughter. A sentence of «Ikom f
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# Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover., sentence 35

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The ju-ju man also had taken a fancy to her, and when he found that Edidor’s father had been trying to persuade his daughter to return to her husband, he put some ju-ju into her food which made her take an intense dislike to her husband.

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**Who acts:** ju man, Ode, father, daughter, food, Edidor · **What happens:** take, find, try, persuade, return, put · **To what, where:** fancy, Edidor, daughter, ju ju, food, intense dislike · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (ju man, Ode, father, daughter), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg70959:17:35
# text = The ju-ju man also had taken a fancy to her, and when he found that Edidor’s father had been trying to persuade his daughter to return to her husband, he put some ju-ju into her food which made her take an intense dislike to her husband.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	ju	ju	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	ju	ju	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	also	also	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fancy	fancy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
15	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	17	advmod	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	advcl	_	_
18	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
19	Edidor	Edidor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	’s	's	PART	POS	_	19	case	_	_
21	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	_
22	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
23	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	24	aux	_	_
24	trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	17	ccomp	_	_
25	to	to	PART	TO	_	26	mark	_	_
26	persuade	persuade	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	xcomp	_	_
27	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
28	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obj	_	_
29	to	to	PART	TO	_	30	mark	_	_
30	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	xcomp	_	_
31	to	to	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	33	nmod:poss	_	_
33	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
35	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	_	_
36	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
37	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	40	det	_	_
38	ju	ju	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	38	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	ju	ju	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obj	_	_
41	into	into	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	43	nmod:poss	_	_
43	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	_
44	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	45	nsubj	_	_
45	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	43	acl:relcl	_	_
46	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	obj	_	_
47	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	45	xcomp	_	_
48	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
49	intense	intense	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	50	amod	_	_
50	dislike	dislike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obj	_	_
51	to	to	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	53	nmod:poss	_	_
53	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past · perfect | the ju man | a fancy | Edidor |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent fancy=Theme to she=Destination |
| 2 | **find** | past | Ode |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **try** | past · perfect · progressive | Edidor's father |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **persuade** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Edidor's father *not said here* | Ode's daughter |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient clause=Result |
| 5 | **return** | to-infinitive | Ode's daughter *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to Edidor's husband *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to husband=Result |
| 6 | **put** | past | Ode | some ju ju |  | Edidor's food |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent ju=Goal |
| 7 | **make** | past | Edidor's food | Edidor |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **take** | infinitive | Edidor *not said here* | a intense dislike | Edidor's husband |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent dislike=Theme to husband=Destination |

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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.

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**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.

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