--- title: Edidor then stood up and told the chiefs that Ekum had made her pois… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: Edidor then stood up and told the chiefs that Ekum had made her poison her husband, and that when she found his ju-jus were so powerful; she broke them, and gave half the poison Ekum had given her for her husband to him in his food, and that he had then died at once. Who acts: Edidor, Ekum, that. 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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, that), 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:pg70959:17:58 # text = Edidor then stood up and told the chiefs that Ekum had made her poison her husband, and that when she found his ju-jus were so powerful; she broke them, and gave half the poison Ekum had given her for her husband to him in his food, and that he had then died at once. 1 Edidor Edidor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 chiefs chief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 obl _ _ 10 Ekum Ekum PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 acl:relcl _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 poison poison NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 19 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 nsubj _ _ 20 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 24 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 jus jus NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 27 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 powerful powerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 37 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 39 det:predet _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 poison poison NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 40 Ekum Ekum PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 ccomp _ _ 43 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 iobj _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nmod _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 54 that that SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 55 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 56 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 57 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 58 advmod _ _ 58 died die VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 conj _ _ 59 at at ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand up** | past | Edidor | | | | then | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Edidor *not said here* | the chiefs | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent chief=Recipient | | 3 | **make** | past · perfect | Ekum | the chiefs | | | | Edidor's poison *obj*; Edidor's husband *obj* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset poison=Beneficiary husband=Product | | 4 | **find** | past | Edidor | Ekum's ju jus | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jus=Topic | | 5 | **is** | past | that | | | | | powerful *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **break** | past | Edidor | people | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Patient | | 7 | **give** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **give** | past · perfect · passive | | half poison | Edidor | Ekum's food | | for Edidor's husband to Ekum; Ekum *nsubj:pass* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: subject=Recipient she=Theme for husband=Asset | | 9 | **die** | past · perfect | Ekum | | | | then | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/59/) - ↑ back to [Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/)