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title: The old man did not want Ode to get his daughter back, as he preferr… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics
description: The old man did not want Ode to get his daughter back, as he preferred her to walk about and go with different young men, as in that case he would receive numerous presents from them, whereas Ode, having paid his dowry, never gave him anything. Who acts: old man, Ode. A sentence of «Ikom folk storie
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# Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover., sentence 9

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The old man did not want Ode to get his daughter back, as he preferred her to walk about and go with different young men, as in that case he would receive numerous presents from them, whereas Ode, having paid his dowry, never gave him anything.

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**Who acts:** old man, Ode · **What happens:** not want, get back, prefer, walk, go, receive · **To what, where:** Ode, daughter, Edidor, numerous presents, case, paid dowry

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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 (old man, Ode), 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:pg70959:17:9
# text = The old man did not want Ode to get his daughter back, as he preferred her to walk about and go with different young men, as in that case he would receive numerous presents from them, whereas Ode, having paid his dowry, never gave him anything.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	Ode	Ode	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	back	back	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	preferred	prefer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
17	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	xcomp	_	_
20	about	about	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	conj	_	_
23	with	with	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
24	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
25	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
28	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	34	mark	_	_
29	in	in	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	31	det	_	_
31	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	_
32	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
33	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	34	aux	_	_
34	receive	receive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	conj	_	_
35	numerous	numerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
36	presents	present	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	obj	_	_
37	from	from	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
40	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	Ode	Ode	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
43	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	advcl	_	_
44	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	46	amod	_	_
45	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	46	nmod:poss	_	_
46	dowry	dowry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
48	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	49	advmod	_	_
49	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	43	advcl	_	_
50	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	iobj	_	_
51	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	49	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **want** | past · do-support | the old man | Ode |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get back** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Ode *not said here* | Ode's daughter |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer daughter=Stimulus |
| 3 | **prefer** | past | Ode | Edidor |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **walk** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Ode *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **go** | infinitive | Ode *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with different young men | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with man=Beneficiary |
| 6 | **receive** | would | Ode | numerous presents |  | that case |  | from men *= man* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent present=Theme from they=Source |
| 7 | **have** | gerund | Ode *not said here* | Ode's paid dowry |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dowry=Patient |
| 8 | **pay** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **not** **give** | past | Ode *not said here* | anything | Ode |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient anything=Theme |

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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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