--- title: When Edidor’s heart had turned and she found that she hated Ode, Eku… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: When Edidor’s heart had turned and she found that she hated Ode, Ekum made some strong poison, which he gave to Edidor and told her to put it in her husband’s food, and that when he was dead she should return and marry him. Who acts: Edidor, Ekum, strong poison, Ode. 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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 (Edidor, Ekum, strong poison, 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:pg70959:17:36 # text = When Edidor’s heart had turned and she found that she hated Ode, Ekum made some strong poison, which he gave to Edidor and told her to put it in her husband’s food, and that when he was dead she should return and marry him. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 6 mark _ _ 2 Edidor Edidor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ’s 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 advcl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 hated hate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 13 Ode Ode PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 15 Ekum Ekum PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 19 det _ _ 18 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 poison poison NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Edidor Edidor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 28 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ’s 's PART POS _ 34 case _ _ 36 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 43 advmod _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 43 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 advcl _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 parataxis _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 conj _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past · perfect · passive | | Edidor's heart | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **find** | past | Edidor | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **hate** | past | Edidor | Ode | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ode=Stimulus | | 4 | **make** | past | Ekum | some strong poison | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poison=Product | | 5 | **give** | past | some strong poison | | Edidor | | | Ode *nsubj* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to edidor=Recipient | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | some strong poison *not said here* | | Edidor | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **put** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | some strong poison *not said here* | poison | | Edidor's husband's food | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in food=Destination | | 8 | **is** | past | Ode | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **return** | should | Edidor | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **marry** | infinitive | Edidor *not said here* | Ode | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/37/) - ↑ back to [Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/)