--- title: All the people agreed that it was a just sentence, but one chief, ca… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: All the people agreed that it was a just sentence, but one chief, called Eka, refused to allow his son, who was one of the eight boys, to be killed, and said he would see what the water ju-ju could do. Who acts: people, River, one chief, son. 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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 (people, River, one chief, son), 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:pg70959:7:146 # text = All the people agreed that it was a just sentence, but one chief, called Eka, refused to allow his son, who was one of the eight boys, to be killed, and said he would see what the water ju-ju could do. 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 3 det:predet _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 agreed agree VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 just just ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 13 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl _ _ 17 Eka Eka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 19 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 allow allow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 appos _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 31 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 ccomp _ _ 42 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 49 obj _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 44 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 45 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 48 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | all people | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | River | a sentence | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **call** | participle | | one chief *not said here* | | | | Eka *xcomp* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **refuse** | past | one chief | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **not** **allow** | to-infinitive | one chief *not said here* | | Chief's son | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Beneficiary | | 6 | **is a** | past | Chief's son | one | | | | of the eight boys | tree rules | | 7 | **kill** | to-infinitive · passive | one chief *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **see** | would | Chief | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 10 | **do** | could | the water ju ju | | | | | what *obj* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | 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 145](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/7/145/) - next →: [sentence 147](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/7/147/) - ↑ back to [Ix.--the Story of the War Between Inkum and Enfitop.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/7/)