--- title: The slave advised his master to leave the compound and go to his far… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: The slave advised his master to leave the compound and go to his farm-house until he got well, as he thought that someone must have put a ju-ju in the ground where he was lying, which caused him to be sick. Who acts: slave, Oga, ju 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 (slave, Oga, ju 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:pg70959:20:53 # text = The slave advised his master to leave the compound and go to his farm-house until he got well, as he thought that someone must have put a ju-ju in the ground where he was lying, which caused him to be sick. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 advised advise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 compound compound NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 14 farm farm NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 17 until until SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 20 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 as as SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 aux _ _ 29 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 ccomp _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 31 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 40 advmod _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 43 caused cause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 cop _ _ 47 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **advise** *speech: other* | past | the slave | Oga's master | | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S\_INF»: agent=Agent master=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **leave** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | the compound | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent compound=Theme | | 3 | **go** | infinitive | | | | Oga's farm house | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **get** | past | Oga | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Oga | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **put** | must · perfect · passive | | someone | | | | a ju ju *obj* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Asset ju=Goal | | 7 | **lie** | past · progressive | Oga | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **cause** | past | a ju ju | Oga | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition he=Patient | | 9 | **is** | to-infinitive | a ju ju *not said here* | | | | | sick *property* | tree rules | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/20/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/20/54/) - ↑ back to [Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/20/)