--- title: During the remainder of the night the python tried to convince ’Nder… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: During the remainder of the night the python tried to convince ’Ndere that he was the man she had married, but she sat up the whole night and refused to have anything to do with him. Who acts: python, man, Ndere. 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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 (python, man, Ndere), 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:pg70959:24:53 # text = During the remainder of the night the python tried to convince ’Ndere that he was the man she had married, but she sat up the whole night and refused to have anything to do with him. 1 During during ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 remainder remainder NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 python python NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 convince convince VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 ’ ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Ndere Ndere PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 xcomp _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 26 up up ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl:unmarked _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 33 obj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 acl _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | past | the python | | | | during the remainder of the night | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **convince** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the python *not said here* | Ndere | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus ndere=Experiencer | | 3 | **is a** | past | python | the man | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **marry** | past · perfect · passive | the man *not said here* | Ndere | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **sit up** | past | Ndere | | | | night | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **refuse** | past | Ndere *not said here* | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **not** **have** | to-infinitive | Ndere *not said here* | anything | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient | | 8 | **do** | to-infinitive | Ndere *not said here* | anything *not said here* | | | | with python | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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/pg70959/24/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/24/54/) - ↑ 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/)