--- title: For some little time after this Edidor went about with different men… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: For some little time after this Edidor went about with different men, but Ekum always found her out, and when she returned to him he would tell her what she had been doing and the name of the man she had been with. Who acts: Edidor, Ekum. 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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), 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:pg70959:17:46 # text = For some little time after this Edidor went about with different men, but Ekum always found her out, and when she returned to him he would tell her what she had been doing and the name of the man she had been with. 1 For for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 4 det _ _ 3 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 5 after after ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 Edidor Edidor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 about about ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 Ekum Ekum PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 16 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 17 advmod _ _ 17 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 18 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 out out ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 22 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 iobj _ _ 31 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 35 obj _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 aux _ _ 35 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 ccomp _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 45 cop _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 41 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go about** | past | this Edidor | | | | time | with different men; about *property* | vn confront-98 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with man=Instrument | | 2 | **find out** | past | Ekum | Edidor | | | | always *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic | | 3 | **return** | past | Edidor | | Ekum | | | | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to he=Result | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | would | Ekum | | Edidor | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **do** | past · perfect · progressive | Edidor | | | | | what *obj*; the name of the man *conj* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 6 | **name** | | | the man | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/47/) - ↑ back to [Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/)