--- title: The parents did their best to persuade Obim to marry Chief Oga, as t… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: The parents did their best to persuade Obim to marry Chief Oga, as they would receive far more presents and a bigger dowry from him than if they allowed her to marry ’Nyambi, who was not a rich man. Who acts: Obim, parents, 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, parents, 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:pg70959:17:71 # text = The parents did their best to persuade Obim to marry Chief Oga, as they would receive far more presents and a bigger dowry from him than if they allowed her to marry ’Nyambi, who was not a rich man. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 persuade persuade VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 csubj _ _ 8 Obim Obim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 11 Chief Chief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 Oga Oga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 receive receive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 18 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 19 advmod _ _ 19 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 20 amod _ _ 20 presents present NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 24 amod _ _ 24 dowry dowry NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nmod _ _ 27 than than SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 if if SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 allowed allow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 31 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 34 ’ ' PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 Nyambi Nyambi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **persuade** | to-infinitive | | Obim | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent obim=Patient clause=Result | | 2 | **marry** | to-infinitive | Obim *not said here* | Chief | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chief=Patient | | 3 | **receive** | would | parents *= parent* | more presents and a bigger dowry from chief | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent present=Theme | | 4 | **allow** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | parents *= parent* | | OBIM | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer she=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **marry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | parents *= parent* *not said here* | Nyambi | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nyambi=Patient | | 6 | **not** **is a** | past | Nyambi | a rich man | | | | | 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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/72/) - ↑ back to [Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/)