--- title: The chief and his wife had a quarrel, which ended in his fining her… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: The chief and his wife had a quarrel, which ended in his fining her 1,200 rods, which was the price of a slave, and said that the whole of her family would have to help to pay. Who acts: chief, quarrel, 1,200 rods, family. 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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 (chief, quarrel, 1,200 rods, family), 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:pg70959:26:78 # text = The chief and his wife had a quarrel, which ended in his fining her 1,200 rods, which was the price of a slave, and said that the whole of her family would have to help to pay. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 6 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 quarrel quarrel NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 ended end VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 in in SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Gender=Masc|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 fining fine VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 1,200 1200 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 17 rods rod NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 price price NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 xcomp _ _ 32 of of SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the chief and chief's wife | a quarrel | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quarrel=Patient | | 2 | **end** | past | a quarrel | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **fine** | gerund | chief | wife's 1,200 rods | | | | | vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent rod=Recipient | | 4 | **is a** | past | wife's 1,200 rods | the price | | | | of a slave | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | whole *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **have** | would | wife's family | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **help** | to-infinitive | wife's family *not said here* | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 8 | **pay** | to-infinitive | wife's family *not said here* | | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: 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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/26/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/26/79/) - ↑ back to [Xxxi.--chief Kekong’s Daughter ’ndere Who Married a Python., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/26/)