--- title: Ode was a fine young man, and many women wanted him, but he would ha… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: Ode was a fine young man, and many women wanted him, but he would have nothing to do with them, and did not marry any other wives, as Edidor asked him to look upon her alone. Who acts: Ode, many women, 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, many women, 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:pg70959:17:4 # text = Ode was a fine young man, and many women wanted him, but he would have nothing to do with them, and did not marry any other wives, as Edidor asked him to look upon her alone. 1 Ode Ode PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 parataxis _ _ 18 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 17 obj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 acl _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 28 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 30 det _ _ 29 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 wives wife NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 as as SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 Edidor Edidor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 iobj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 38 upon upon ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 40 alone alone ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Ode | a fine young man | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **want** | past | many women | Ode | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme | | 3 | **have** | would | Ode | nothing | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient | | 4 | **do** | to-infinitive | Ode *not said here* | nothing *not said here* | | | | with men *= man* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **marry** | past · do-support | Ode *not said here* | any other wives | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Patient | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Edidor | | Ode | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **look** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Edidor *not said here* | | | | | upon Edidor; alone *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon she=Theme | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/5/) - ↑ back to [Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/)