--- title: During the night Ekum asked Edidor to marry him properly, but she as… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: During the night Ekum asked Edidor to marry him properly, but she asked him to wait for a time until she knew all his ways and habits, and she promised she would then marry him. Who acts: Ekum, 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 (Ekum, 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:pg70959:17:45 # text = During the night Ekum asked Edidor to marry him properly, but she asked him to wait for a time until she knew all his ways and habits, and she promised she would then marry him. 1 During during ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 Ekum Ekum PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 Edidor Edidor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 iobj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 properly properly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 iobj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 until until SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 24 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 26 det:predet _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 ways way NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 habits habit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 36 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 ccomp _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Ekum | | Edidor | | night | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent edidor=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **marry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Ekum *not said here* | Ekum | | | | properly *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Edidor | | Ekum | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **wait** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Edidor *not said here* | | | | time | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **know** | past | Edidor | Ekum's ways and habits | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | Edidor | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **marry** | would | Edidor | Ekum | | | then | | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/46/) - ↑ back to [Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/)