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# Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxxi.--chief Kekong’s Daughter ’ndere Who Married a Python., part 1, sentence 43

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She was then circumcised and kept in a room for three days; after that she was able to walk, so ’Ndere told the python that she was then willing to go with him to his country, and the following morning they set off from the town, walking very slowly.

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**Who acts:** daughter, Ndere, rods · **What happens:** circumcise, keep, be, walk, tell, go · **To what, where:** daughter, room, python, country, town · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria» by Elphinstone Dayrell, Xxxi.--chief Kekong’s Daughter ’ndere Who Married a Python., part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (daughter, Ndere, rods), 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:pg70959:24:43
# text = She was then circumcised and kept in a room for three days; after that she was able to walk, so ’Ndere told the python that she was then willing to go with him to his country, and the following morning they set off from the town, walking very slowly.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
4	circumcised	circumcise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
15	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
16	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
17	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	able	able	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
22	so	so	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
23	’	'	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	Ndere	Ndere	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	nsubj	_	_
25	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	python	python	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	_
28	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	32	mark	_	_
29	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
30	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	cop	_	_
31	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	32	advmod	_	_
32	willing	willing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	ccomp	_	_
33	to	to	PART	TO	_	34	mark	_	_
34	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	32	xcomp	_	_
35	with	with	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	obl	_	_
37	to	to	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	39	nmod:poss	_	_
39	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
43	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	44	amod	_	_
44	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obl:unmarked	_	_
45	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	nsubj	_	_
46	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
47	off	off	ADP	RP	_	46	compound:prt	_	_
48	from	from	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
52	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	46	conj	_	_
53	very	very	ADV	RB	_	54	advmod	_	_
54	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	52	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **circumcise** | past · passive |  | daughter |  |  | then |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **keep** | participle |  |  |  | a room | day |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in room=Location |
| 3 | **is** | past | daughter |  |  |  |  | able *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **walk** | to-infinitive | daughter *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Ndere | the python |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent python=Recipient |
| 6 | **is** | past | daughter |  |  |  | then | willing *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **go** | to-infinitive | daughter *not said here* |  |  | python's country |  | with python | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to country=Initial\_Location |
| 8 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 9 | **set off** | past | rods *= rod* |  |  | the town | morning |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from town=Initial\_Location |
| 10 | **walk** | gerund | rods *= rod* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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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