--- title: He wanted to go to the ju-ju man to ask him what was the cause of hi… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: He wanted to go to the ju-ju man to ask him what was the cause of his sickness, but being unable to move about he sent for his head slave and told him to go to the ju-ju man and tell him to come to his house so that he could consult him. Who acts: ju. 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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), 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:pg70959:20:27 # text = He wanted to go to the ju-ju man to ask him what was the cause of his sickness, but being unable to move about he sent for his head slave and told him to go to the ju-ju man and tell him to come to his house so that he could consult him. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 7 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 17 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 parataxis _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 sickness sickness NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 cop _ _ 24 unable unable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 about about SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 ccomp _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 iobj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 41 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 iobj _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 53 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 57 mark _ _ 54 that that SCONJ IN _ 53 fixed _ _ 55 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 56 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 57 consult consult VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 advcl _ _ 58 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | ju | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | ju *not said here* | | | | | to the ju man | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to man=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | ju *not said here* | | ju | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 4 | **is a** | past | | the cause | | | | of ju's sickness; what *nsubj* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | gerund | ju *not said here* | | | | | unable *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **move** | to-infinitive | ju *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **send** | past | ju | | | | | for ju's head slave | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | ju *not said here* | | ju | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 9 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | ju *not said here* | | | | | to the ju man | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to man=Initial\_Location | | 10 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | ju *not said here* | | ju | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 11 | **come** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | ju *not said here* | | | ju's house | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial\_Location | | 12 | **consult** | could | ju | side | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/20/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/20/28/) - ↑ back to [Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/20/)