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title: But your wife eat a monkey which you had killed and you eat a fish c… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics
description: But your wife eat a monkey which you had killed and you eat a fish caught by your wife, and then, when I called your name, you ran away with your wife and left the hunting party, but I followed you all the way, and although you tried to kill me, I am here to give evidence against you, as I promised.
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# Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxxi.--chief Kekong’s Daughter ’ndere Who Married a Python., part 3, sentence 10

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But your wife eat a monkey which you had killed and you eat a fish caught by your wife, and then, when I called your name, you ran away with your wife and left the hunting party, but I followed you all the way, and although you tried to kill me, I am here to give evidence against you, as I promised.”

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**Who acts:** wife, you, I, your · **What happens:** eat, kill, catch, call, run away, leave · **To what, where:** monkey, fish, name, hunting party, you, me · **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 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wife, you, I, your), 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:pg70959:26:10
# text = But your wife eat a monkey which you had killed and you eat a fish caught by your wife, and then, when I called your name, you ran away with your wife and left the hunting party, but I followed you all the way, and although you tried to kill me, I am here to give evidence against you, as I promised.”
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	killed	kill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	acl	_	_
17	by	by	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
22	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	26	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
24	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	26	advmod	_	_
25	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
26	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
27	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
28	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
30	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	31	nsubj	_	_
31	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
32	away	away	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	_	_
33	with	with	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	35	nmod:poss	_	_
35	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
37	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	conj	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
39	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	compound	_	_
40	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
42	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
43	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj	_	_
44	followed	follow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	conj	_	_
45	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	44	obj	_	_
46	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	48	det:predet	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
51	although	although	SCONJ	IN	_	53	mark	_	_
52	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	53	nsubj	_	_
53	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	conj	_	_
54	to	to	PART	TO	_	55	mark	_	_
55	kill	kill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	53	xcomp	_	_
56	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	55	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
58	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	60	nsubj	_	_
59	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	60	cop	_	_
60	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
61	to	to	PART	TO	_	62	mark	_	_
62	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	60	advcl	_	_
63	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	obj	_	_
64	against	against	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
65	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	63	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	69	punct	_	_
67	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	69	mark	_	_
68	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	69	nsubj	_	_
69	promised	promise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	62	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | your wife | a monkey |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent monkey=Patient |
| 2 | **kill** | past · perfect · passive |  | a monkey |  |  |  | you *nsubj:pass* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **eat** | present | you | a fish |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Patient |
| 4 | **catch** | participle |  | a fish *not said here* |  |  |  | by your wife | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **call** | past | I | your name |  |  | then |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient |
| 6 | **run away** | past | you |  |  |  |  | with your wife; away *property* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with wife=Material |
| 7 | **leave** | past | you *not said here* | the hunting party |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Theme |
| 8 | **follow** | past | I | you |  |  |  | all way *obl:unmarked* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |
| 9 | **try** | past | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 10 | **kill** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | me |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |
| 11 | **is** | present | I |  |  |  |  | here *property* | tree rules |
| 12 | **give** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | evidence |  |  |  | against you | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evidence=Theme |
| 13 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 14 | **name** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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