--- title: She received many offers of marriage, but refused them all, until on… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: She received many offers of marriage, but refused them all, until one day a chief of Insofan named Awor sent a message to her that he wished to make her his wife, as he had heard what a fine woman she was. Who acts: EWA, Awor. 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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 (EWA, Awor), 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:pg70959:6:72 # text = She received many offers of marriage, but refused them all, until one day a chief of Insofan named Awor sent a message to her that he wished to make her his wife, as he had heard what a fine woman she was. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 offers offer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 10 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 13 until until SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 14 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl:unmarked _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 appos _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Insofan Insofan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 20 named name VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 21 Awor Awor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 message message NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 conj _ _ 40 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 39 ccomp _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **receive** | past | EWA | many offers of marriage | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent offer=Theme | | 2 | **refuse** | past | | marriage | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 3 | **name** | past | | | | | day | | tree rules | | 4 | **send** | past | Awor | a message | EWA | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent message=Theme to she=Destination | | 5 | **wish** | past | Awor | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **make** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Awor *not said here* | Awor's wife | EWA | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset she=Beneficiary wife=Product | | 7 | **hear** | past · perfect | Awor | | | | | what a fine woman *ccomp* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **offer** | | | marriage | | | | | nom offer «communication 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/6/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/6/73/) - ↑ back to [Vii.--how Two Friends Fell Out: the Spider and the Grasshopper.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/6/)