--- title: She also took some to Chief Kaku, and said, “If you love me, you wil… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: She also took some to Chief Kaku, and said, “If you love me, you will eat my fish; but if you refuse, then I shall know that you do not care for me, and I shall not marry you, but will return at once to my father at Okuni.” Who acts: Ndere, you. 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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, you), 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:pg70959:25:15 # text = She also took some to Chief Kaku, and said, “If you love me, you will eat my fish; but if you refuse, then I shall know that you do not care for me, and I shall not marry you, but will return at once to my father at Okuni.” 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 also also ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 3 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Chief Chief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 Kaku Kaku PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 If if SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 love love VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 16 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 21 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 25 if if SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 refuse refuse VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 care care VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 ccomp _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 45 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 but but CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 conj _ _ 51 at at ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 50 obl _ _ 53 to to ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 56 at at ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 Okuni Okuni PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | Ndere | some | Chief | | | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent some=Theme to chief=be' clause=Attribute | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Ndere *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **love** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | Ndere | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 4 | **eat** *in a quote* | future | you | my fish | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Patient | | 5 | **refuse** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **know** *in a quote* | shall | Ndere | | | | then | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **not** **care** *in a quote* | present · do-support | you | | | | | for Ndere | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for i=Theme | | 8 | **not** **marry** *in a quote* | shall | Ndere | you | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | | 9 | **return** *in a quote* | future | Ndere *not said here* | | | Okuni | | to my father *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to father=Result | 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/25/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/25/16/) - ↑ back to [Xxxi.--chief Kekong’s Daughter ’ndere Who Married a Python., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/25/)