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title: The ju-ju man, after casting lots, told the chief that it would be q… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics
description: The ju-ju man, after casting lots, told the chief that it would be quite easy to make Obim leave ’Nyambi and go to him, and that all the chief would have to do would be to give Obim some tombo to drink, which he would prepare with a strong medicine in it. Who acts: ju man, Obim, chief. A sentence of
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# Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover., sentence 80

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The ju-ju man, after casting lots, told the chief that it would be quite easy to make Obim leave ’Nyambi and go to him, and that all the chief would have to do would be to give Obim some tombo to drink, which he would prepare with a strong medicine in it.

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**Who acts:** ju man, Obim, chief · **What happens:** cast, tell, be, make, leave, go · **To what, where:** lots, chief, Obim, ’, way · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria» by Elphinstone Dayrell, Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (ju man, Obim, chief), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg70959:17:80
# text = The ju-ju man, after casting lots, told the chief that it would be quite easy to make Obim leave ’Nyambi and go to him, and that all the chief would have to do would be to give Obim some tombo to drink, which he would prepare with a strong medicine in it.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	ju	ju	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	ju	ju	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	casting	cast	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
9	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
11	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	chief	chief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	iobj	_	_
14	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	expl	_	_
16	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
17	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	cop	_	_
18	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	ccomp	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	csubj	_	_
22	Obim	Obim	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	_
23	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	xcomp	_	_
24	’	'	X	GW	_	23	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	Nyambi	Nyambi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	goeswith	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
27	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	conj	_	_
28	to	to	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
32	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	37	mark	_	_
33	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	35	det:predet	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	chief	chief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	nsubj	_	_
36	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	37	aux	_	_
37	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	parataxis	_	_
38	to	to	PART	TO	_	39	mark	_	_
39	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	xcomp	_	_
40	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	43	aux	_	_
41	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	43	cop	_	_
42	to	to	PART	TO	_	43	mark	_	_
43	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	conj	_	_
44	Obim	Obim	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	obj	_	_
45	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	46	det	_	_
46	tombo	tombo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obj	_	_
47	to	to	PART	TO	_	48	mark	_	_
48	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	43	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
50	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	53	nsubj	_	_
51	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	nsubj	_	_
52	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	53	aux	_	_
53	prepare	prepare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	48	conj	_	_
54	with	with	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
55	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
56	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	57	amod	_	_
57	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obl	_	_
58	in	in	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
59	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cast** | gerund | the ju man *not said here* | lots |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Product |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the ju man |  | the chief |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent chief=Recipient |
| 3 | **is** | would |  |  |  |  |  | easy *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | Obim |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **leave** | infinitive | Obim *not said here* | ’  Nyambi |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent '=Theme |
| 6 | **go** | infinitive | Obim *not said here* |  | chief |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial\_Location |
| 7 | **have** | would | all chief |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **do** | to-infinitive | all chief *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **is** | would | all chief *not said here* |  |  |  |  | Obim *obj*; some tombo *obj*; give *property* | tree rules |
| 10 | **drink** | to-infinitive | all chief *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 11 | **prepare** | would |  |  |  | way |  | with a strong medicine; which *nsubj*; chief *nsubj* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with medicine=Instrument |

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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.

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**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.

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