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title: After five years had elapsed Edim had made a lot of money, so he ret… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics
description: After five years had elapsed Edim had made a lot of money, so he returned to Inkum with the other four boys, knowing that, even if he were recognised, he would not be killed, as the people had filled the grave with bodies the day after he had escaped. Who acts: Edim, people. A sentence of «Ikom folk
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# Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Iv.--how Elili of Inkum Died, and Was Brought Back to Life Again., sentence 47

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After five years had elapsed Edim had made a lot of money, so he returned to Inkum with the other four boys, knowing that, even if he were recognised, he would not be killed, as the people had filled the grave with bodies the day after he had escaped.

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**Who acts:** Edim, people · **What happens:** elapse, make, return, know, recognise, not kill · **To what, where:** lot, Inkum, that, Edim, grave

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This is a sentence of «Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria» by Elphinstone Dayrell, Iv.--how Elili of Inkum Died, and Was Brought Back to Life Again.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Edim, people), 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:pg70959:5:47
# text = After five years had elapsed Edim had made a lot of money, so he returned to Inkum with the other four boys, knowing that, even if he were recognised, he would not be killed, as the people had filled the grave with bodies the day after he had escaped.
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	elapsed	elapse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	Edim	Edim	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	xcomp	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	returned	return	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Inkum	Inkum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
19	with	with	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
21	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
22	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	23	nummod	_	_
23	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
25	knowing	know	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	advcl	_	_
26	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	25	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
28	even	even	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
29	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	32	mark	_	_
30	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
31	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	aux:pass	_	_
32	recognised	recognise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
34	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	38	nsubj:pass	_	_
35	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	38	aux	_	_
36	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	38	advmod	_	_
37	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	38	aux:pass	_	_
38	killed	kill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
40	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	44	mark	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	nsubj	_	_
43	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	44	aux	_	_
44	filled	fill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	38	conj	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obj	_	_
47	with	with	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	bodies	body	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	nmod	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obl:unmarked	_	_
51	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	54	mark	_	_
52	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	54	nsubj	_	_
53	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	54	aux	_	_
54	escaped	escape	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	44	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **elapse** | past · perfect |  |  |  |  | year |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | past · perfect | Edim | a lot of money |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Product |
| 3 | **return** | past | Edim |  | Inkum |  |  | with the other four boys | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to inkum=Result |
| 4 | **know** | gerund | Edim *not said here* | that |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus |
| 5 | **recognise** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive |  | Edim |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
| 6 | **not** **kill** | would · passive |  | Edim |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 7 | **fill** | past · perfect | the people | the grave |  |  | day | with bodies | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent grave=Patient with body=Instrument |
| 8 | **escape** | past · perfect | Edim |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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