--- title: Ekum, however, looked into his ju-ju pot and saw at once where she w… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: Ekum, however, looked into his ju-ju pot and saw at once where she was, so he sent a messenger, who seized her and brought her back. Who acts: Ekum, Edidor, messenger. 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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, messenger), 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:pg70959:17:51 # text = Ekum, however, looked into his ju-ju pot and saw at once where she was, so he sent a messenger, who seized her and brought her back. 1 Ekum Ekum PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 however however ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 8 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 13 obl _ _ 16 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 18 advmod _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 messenger messenger NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 28 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 31 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 back back ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | Ekum | | | | | into Ekum's ju pot; however *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into pot=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past | Ekum *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **be** | past | Edidor | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **send** | past | Ekum | a messenger | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent messenger=Theme | | 5 | **seize** | past | a messenger | Edidor | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 6 | **bring back** | past | a messenger *not said here* | | Edidor | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/52/) - ↑ back to [Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/)