--- title: The next day Edidor started off for Okuni, taking the poison with he… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: The next day Edidor started off for Okuni, taking the poison with her, and intending to kill her husband on the first opportunity, but when she reached the house Ode produced their three children and talked to her very kindly until her heart was cold. Who acts: Edidor, heart. 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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, heart), 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:pg70959:17:37 # text = The next day Edidor started off for Okuni, taking the poison with her, and intending to kill her husband on the first opportunity, but when she reached the house Ode produced their three children and talked to her very kindly until her heart was cold. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 Edidor Edidor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 off off ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Okuni Okuni PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 poison poison NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 intending intend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 conj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 25 amod _ _ 25 opportunity opportunity NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 28 when when SCONJ WRB _ 30 mark _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 Ode Ode PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 appos _ _ 34 produced produce VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 35 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 36 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 nummod _ _ 37 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 talked talk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 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 very very ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 kindly kindly ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 44 until until SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 48 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start off** | past | Edidor | | | | day | for Okuni | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **take** | gerund | Edidor *not said here* | the poison | | | | with Edidor | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poison=Theme | | 3 | **intend** | gerund | Edidor *not said here* | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **kill** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Edidor *not said here* | Edidor's husband | | the first opportunity | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Theme | | 5 | **reach** | past | Edidor | the house | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent house=Theme | | 6 | **produce** | past | | men's three children | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Result | | 7 | **talk** | past | | | Edidor | | | kindly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to she=Co-Agent | | 8 | **is** | past | Edidor's heart | | | | | cold *property* | tree rules | 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/38/) - ↑ back to [Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/)