--- title: There is a firm belief amongst all the natives in the Ikom district… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: There is a firm belief amongst all the natives in the Ikom district that the slaves who are killed and buried with their master will meet him again in the Spirit Land, where the conditions of life will be the same as they were on earth. Who acts: firm belief, slaves, conditions. 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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 (firm belief, slaves, conditions), 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:pg70959:6:116 # text = There is a firm belief amongst all the natives in the Ikom district that the slaves who are killed and buried with their master will meet him again in the Spirit Land, where the conditions of life will be the same as they were on earth. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 firm firm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 belief belief NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 6 amongst amongst ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 natives native NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 Ikom Ikom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 district district NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 slaves slave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl:relcl _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 buried bury VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 conj _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 acl _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 again again ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 Spirit Spirit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 Land Land PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 34 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 42 advmod _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 conditions condition NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 39 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 cop _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 parataxis _ _ 43 as as ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 44 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 45 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 46 on on ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | a firm belief amongst all natives in the Ikom district | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **kill** | present · passive | | the slaves | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **bury** | participle | | | | | | with slaves's master | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **meet** | future | the slaves | belief | | the Spirit Land | again | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 5 | **is** | future | the conditions of life | | | | | same *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | past | conditions *= condition* | | | | | as earth | tree rules | | 7 | **condition** | | | life | | | | | nom condition «state transitive»: of=patient | 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 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/6/114/) - next →: [sentence 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/6/116/) - ↑ back to [Vii.--how Two Friends Fell Out: the Spider and the Grasshopper.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/6/)