--- title: The ju-ju man then made the tombo and put a ju-ju into it, and the c… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: The ju-ju man then made the tombo and put a ju-ju into it, and the chief, having given him a big present, took the tombo to his house, and sent word to Obim that he wished to speak to her. Who acts: ju man, chief. 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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 (ju man, chief), 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:pg70959:17:81 # text = The ju-ju man then made the tombo and put a ju-ju into it, and the chief, having given him a big present, took the tombo to his house, and sent word to Obim that he wished to speak to her. 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 7 nsubj _ _ 6 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 7 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 tombo tombo NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 16 into into ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 24 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 case _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 tombo tombo NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 39 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Obim Obim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | the ju man | the tombo | | | then | the chief *obl* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tombo=Product | | 2 | **put** | infinitive | the ju man *not said here* | a ju ju | | tombo | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent ju=Goal | | 3 | **have** | gerund | the ju man *not said here* | a big present | | | | give chief | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent present=Patient | | 4 | **give** | participle | | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **take** | past | | the tombo | | chief's house | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tombo=Theme to house=Destination | | 6 | **send** | past | | word | Obim | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent word=Theme to obim=Destination | | 7 | **wish** | past | chief | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 8 | **speak** *speech: other* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | chief *not said here* | | OBIM | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to she=Co-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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/82/) - ↑ back to [Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/)