--- title: Chief Oga then for twelve months did not try to do anything more to… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: Chief Oga then for twelve months did not try to do anything more to kill ’Nyambi, but sat down and waited until the proper time should arrive when he would be able to revenge himself upon ’Nyambi and take Obim away. Who acts: proper time, 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 (proper time, 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:pg70959:17:89 # text = Chief Oga then for twelve months did not try to do anything more to kill ’Nyambi, but sat down and waited until the proper time should arrive when he would be able to revenge himself upon ’Nyambi and take Obim away. 1 Chief Chief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 Oga Oga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 obl _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 7 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 try try VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 11 obj _ _ 13 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 11 obj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 16 ’ ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 Nyambi Nyambi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 21 down down ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 24 until until SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 28 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 arrive arrive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 30 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 cop _ _ 34 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 advcl _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 revenge revenge NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 xcomp _ _ 37 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 36 nmod:unmarked _ _ 38 upon upon ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 ’ ' PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 Nyambi Nyambi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 43 Obim Obim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 44 away away ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **try** | past · do-support | | | | | month | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | anything | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **kill** | to-infinitive | | Nyambi | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nyambi=Theme | | 4 | **sit down** | past | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **wait** | past | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **arrive** | should | the proper time | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is** | would | chief | revenge NYAMBI upon Nyambi | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **take away** | infinitive | the proper time *not said here* | Obim | | | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent obim=Theme | 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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/90/) - ↑ back to [Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/)