--- title: Edidor then lived with Ode for a month, until the ju-ju man, finding… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: Edidor then lived with Ode for a month, until the ju-ju man, finding she did not return to him, made another strong ju-ju, which at once made Edidor want to go back to him at Inde. Who acts: Edidor, strong ju ju. 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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, strong ju ju), 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:pg70959:17:38 # text = Edidor then lived with Ode for a month, until the ju-ju man, finding she did not return to him, made another strong ju-ju, which at once made Edidor want to go back to him at Inde. 1 Edidor Edidor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Ode Ode PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 until until SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 12 ju ju PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ju ju X FW _ 15 compound _ _ 15 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 finding find VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 26 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 30 det _ _ 27 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 28 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 obj _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 35 obl _ _ 35 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 36 Edidor Edidor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 37 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 back back ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 43 at at ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 Inde Inde PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | past | Edidor | the ju ju man | | | then; month | with Ode | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with ode=Location | | 2 | **find** | gerund | Edidor *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **not** **return** | past · do-support | Edidor | | Ode | | | | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to he=Result | | 4 | **make** | past | Edidor *not said here* | another strong ju ju | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset ju=Product | | 5 | **make** | past | | another strong ju ju | | | | Edidor *obj* | tree rules | | 6 | **want** | infinitive | another strong ju ju *not said here* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **go back** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | another strong ju ju *not said here* | | Ode | Inde | | | vn convert-26.6.2 «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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/39/) - ↑ back to [Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/)