--- title: The water ju-ju also told the porcupine that he must take Ogor to hi… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: The water ju-ju also told the porcupine that he must take Ogor to his mother when it was dark, and hide him in the house until the palaver was heard, so that no one should know that Ogor was alive. Who acts: water, objection, one, Ogor. 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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 (water, objection, one, Ogor), 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:pg70959:7:133 # text = The water ju-ju also told the porcupine that he must take Ogor to his mother when it was dark, and hide him in the house until the palaver was heard, so that no one should know that Ogor was alive. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 ju ju PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ju ju PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 flat _ _ 6 also also ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 porcupine porcupine NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 14 Ogor Ogor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 when when SCONJ WRB _ 21 mark _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 21 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 until until SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 palaver palaver NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 40 mark _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 fixed _ _ 37 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 38 det _ _ 38 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 39 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 Ogor Ogor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 44 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the water | | the porcupine | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent porcupine=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **take** *not said to happen* | must | water | Ogor | water's mother | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ogor=Theme to mother=Destination | | 3 | **is** | past | objection | | | | | dark *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **hide** | infinitive | the water *not said here* | water | | the house | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Patient in house=Location | | 5 | **hear** | past · passive | | the palaver | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | | 6 | **know** | should | no one | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is** | past | Ogor | | | | | alive *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 132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/7/132/) - next →: [sentence 134](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/7/134/) - ↑ back to [Ix.--the Story of the War Between Inkum and Enfitop.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/7/)