--- title: Ndere, who hated the python, agreed to help, and said she would be g… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: Ndere, who hated the python, agreed to help, and said she would be glad to marry anyone who would get rid of the python; so the young men returned and told the chief what she had said. Who acts: Ndere, young 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, young 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:pg70959:24:73 # text = Ndere, who hated the python, agreed to help, and said she would be glad to marry anyone who would get rid of the python; so the young men returned and told the chief what she had said. 1 Ndere Ndere PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 hated hate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 python python NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 agreed agree VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 cop _ _ 17 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 ccomp _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 19 obj _ _ 21 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 22 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 acl:relcl _ _ 24 rid rid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 xcomp _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 python python NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ _ 33 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 iobj _ _ 38 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 41 obj _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hate** | past | Ndere | the python | | | | who *nsubj* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer python=Stimulus | | 2 | **agree** *speech: agree* | participle | | the python *not said here* | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **help** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Ndere *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | would | Ndere | | | | | glad *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **marry** | to-infinitive | Ndere *not said here* | anyone | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Patient | | 7 | **get** | would | | | | | | who *nsubj*; rid *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **return** | past | the young men | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the young men *not said here* | | the chief | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent chief=Recipient clause=Topic | | 10 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | Ndere | | | | | what *obj* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/24/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/24/74/) - ↑ 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/)