--- title: If I kill him, I can have any man I fancy and make plenty of money,… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: If I kill him, I can have any man I fancy and make plenty of money, as all the young men want me, and are willing to pay, whereas now I have to do all the housework, and work hard on the farm, and Leku does not ‘dash’ me anything.” Who acts: I, young men, Leku. 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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 (I, young men, Leku), 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:pg70959:5:66 # text = If I kill him, I can have any man I fancy and make plenty of money, as all the young men want me, and are willing to pay, whereas now I have to do all the housework, and work hard on the farm, and Leku does not ‘dash’ me anything.” 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 kill kill VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 10 det _ _ 10 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 fancy fancy VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 15 plenty plenty NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 20 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 23 det:predet _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 24 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 25 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 29 willing willing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 conj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 whereas whereas ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 34 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 41 det:predet _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 housework housework NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 work work VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 45 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 44 advmod _ _ 46 on on ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 farm farm NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 51 Leku Leku PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 52 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 53 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 55 advmod _ _ 54 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 dash dash NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 55 punct _ _ 57 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 nmod _ _ 58 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kill** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | I | Chief | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **have** | can | I | any man | | | | anything *parataxis* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient | | 3 | **fancy** | present | I | any man *not said here* | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus | | 4 | **make** | present | I *not said here* | plenty of money | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset plenty=Product | | 5 | **want** | present | all young men | me | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot i=Theme | | 6 | **is** | present | all young men *not said here* | | | | | willing *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **pay** | to-infinitive | all young men *not said here* | | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **have** | present | I | | | | now | whereas *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **do** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | all housework | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent housework=Eventuality | | 10 | **work** | present | | | | | | on the farm; hard *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on farm=Theme | | 11 | **not** **dash** | present · do-support | Leku | me | | | | | tree rules | 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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/5/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/5/67/) - ↑ back to [Iv.--how Elili of Inkum Died, and Was Brought Back to Life Again.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/5/)