--- title: Then Edidor made up her mind to kill Ekum, so she went to his ju-ju… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: Then Edidor made up her mind to kill Ekum, so she went to his ju-ju pot which he always looked into when he wanted to know where she had gone or what she was doing, and broke it. 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:pg70959:17:52 # text = Then Edidor made up her mind to kill Ekum, so she went to his ju-ju pot which he always looked into when he wanted to know where she had gone or what she was doing, and broke it. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 Edidor Edidor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 9 Ekum Ekum PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 16 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 obj _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 23 advmod _ _ 23 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 24 into into SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 33 advmod _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 ccomp _ _ 34 or or CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 33 conj _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make up** | past | Edidor | Edidor's mind | | | then | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 2 | **kill** | to-infinitive | Edidor *not said here* | Ekum | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ekum=Theme | | 3 | **go** | past | Edidor | | | Ekum's ju pot | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to pot=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **look** | past | Ekum | Ekum's ju pot | | | | always *property* | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme which=Attribute | | 5 | **want** | past | Ekum | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **know** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Ekum *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **go** | past · perfect | Edidor | | | | | what *conj* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **do** | past · progressive | Edidor | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **break** | past | Edidor *not said here* | mind | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Patient | | 10 | **mind** | | Edidor | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/53/) - ↑ back to [Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/)