--- title: ’Ndere then answered her parents as follows:--“I have always refused… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: ’Ndere then answered her parents as follows:--“I have always refused, up to the present, to marry all the men you have asked me to marry, but I am going to marry this man. Who acts: Ndere, men. 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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 (Ndere, men), 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:pg70959:24:34 # text = ’Ndere then answered her parents as follows:--“I have always refused, up to the present, to marry all the men you have asked me to marry, but I am going to marry this man. 1 ’ ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Ndere Ndere PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 follows follow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 -- -- PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 15 advmod _ _ 15 refused refuse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 up up ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 marry marry VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 24 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 26 det:predet _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 ccomp _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 iobj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 conj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 41 det _ _ 41 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Ndere | | Ndere's parents | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **follow** | present | Ndere *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **refuse** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Ndere | | | | | to the present; always *property* | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **marry** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | all men | Ndere | | | you *nsubj* | tree rules | | 6 | **marry** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | all men *not said here* | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Ndere | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **marry** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Ndere *not said here* | this man | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient | 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/24/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/24/35/) - ↑ back to [Xxxi.--chief Kekong’s Daughter ’ndere Who Married a Python., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/24/)