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title: This made Edidor afraid, but she dare not leave Ekum altogether, as… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics
description: This made Edidor afraid, but she dare not leave Ekum altogether, as he might get the lightning to kill her or cause his ju-ju to catch her. Who acts: This, Edidor, Ekum, lightning. A sentence of «Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria» by Elphinstone Dayrell, Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband a
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# Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover., sentence 47

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This made Edidor afraid, but she dare not leave Ekum altogether, as he might get the lightning to kill her or cause his ju-ju to catch her.

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**Who acts:** This, Edidor, Ekum, lightning · **What happens:** make, not dare, not leave, get, kill, cause · **To what, where:** Edidor, Ekum, lightning, ju ju

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This is a sentence of «Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria» by Elphinstone Dayrell, Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (This, Edidor, Ekum, lightning), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg70959:17:47
# text = This made Edidor afraid, but she dare not leave Ekum altogether, as he might get the lightning to kill her or cause his ju-ju to catch her.
1	This	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Edidor	Edidor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	afraid	afraid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	dare	dare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
10	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	Ekum	Ekum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
12	altogether	altogether	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
16	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	lightning	lightning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	kill	kill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	xcomp	_	_
22	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	obj	_	_
23	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	conj	_	_
25	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
26	ju	ju	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	ju	ju	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	_
29	to	to	PART	TO	_	30	mark	_	_
30	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	advcl	_	_
31	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | This | Edidor |  |  |  | afraid *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset edidor=Product |
| 2 | **not** **dare** | infinitive | Edidor |  |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **not** **leave** | infinitive | Edidor *not said here* | Ekum |  |  |  | altogether *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ekum=Theme |
| 4 | **get** | might | Ekum | the lightning |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **kill** | to-infinitive | the lightning *not said here* | Edidor |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
| 6 | **cause** | infinitive | the lightning *not said here* | Ekum's ju ju |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition ju=Patient |
| 7 | **catch** | to-infinitive | the lightning *not said here* | Edidor |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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