--- title: The spider was amazed at this, and thought there must be some ju-ju… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: The spider was amazed at this, and thought there must be some ju-ju in it, so he put the yam down and ran out of the house, shouting as he went, “All right, Dabi, I only thought I would like to taste the food to see that it was good.” Who acts: spider, ju ju, ju, I. 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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 (spider, ju ju, ju, I), 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:pg70959:6:44 # text = The spider was amazed at this, and thought there must be some ju-ju in it, so he put the yam down and ran out of the house, shouting as he went, “All right, Dabi, I only thought I would like to taste the food to see that it was good.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 spider spider NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 amazed amazed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 12 expl _ _ 11 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 13 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 16 det _ _ 14 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 yam yam NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 down down ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 28 out out ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 shouting shout VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 34 as as SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 “ " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 40 det _ _ 40 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 Dabi Dabi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 only only ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 ccomp _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 taste taste VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 xcomp _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 55 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 advcl _ _ 56 that that SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 57 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 58 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 cop _ _ 59 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the spider | | | this | | amazed *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the spider *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **be** | must | some ju ju in piece | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **put down** | past | ju | the yam | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent yam=Goal | | 5 | **run** | past | ju *not said here* | | | the house | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out house=Trajectory | | 6 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | ju *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **go** | past | ju | | | | | right *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | I | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 9 | **like** *in a quote* | would | I | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 10 | **taste** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | the food | | | | | vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme food=Attribute | | 11 | **see** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 12 | **is** *in a quote* | past | food | | | | | good *property* | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/6/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/6/45/) - ↑ back to [Vii.--how Two Friends Fell Out: the Spider and the Grasshopper.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/6/)