--- title: When Obim heard this, she told her parents that she would never marr… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: When Obim heard this, she told her parents that she would never marry Chief Oga, as he was too old, and she intended to marry ’Nyambi, who was such a fine young man, and she was very fond of him. Who acts: Obim, chief, Nyambi. 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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 (Obim, chief, Nyambi), 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:pg70959:17:70 # text = When Obim heard this, she told her parents that she would never marry Chief Oga, as he was too old, and she intended to marry ’Nyambi, who was such a fine young man, and she was very fond of him. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 Obim Obim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 4 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 iobj _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 15 Chief Chief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 16 Oga Oga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 as as ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 21 too too ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 intended intend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 ’ ' PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 Nyambi Nyambi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 32 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 34 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 38 det:predet _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 36 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 37 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 43 very very ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 fond fond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 conj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | Obim | this | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | OBIM | | OBIM's parents | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **marry** *not said to happen* | would | OBIM | Chief | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chief=Patient | | 4 | **is** | past | chief | | | | | old *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **intend** | past | OBIM | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **marry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | OBIM *not said here* | Nyambi | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nyambi=Patient | | 7 | **is a** | past | Nyambi | such fine young man | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | past | OBIM | | | | | of NYAMBI; fond *property* | tree rules | 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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/71/) - ↑ back to [Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/)