--- title: When Chief Eka heard the threat of the water ju-ju he at once gave o… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: When Chief Eka heard the threat of the water ju-ju he at once gave orders to all his people that none of them were to go into the river, but, that, if they wanted to wash, they must carry the water to their houses for the purpose. Who acts: Chief, water, none, orders. 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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 (Chief, water, none, orders), 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:pg70959:7:155 # text = When Chief Eka heard the threat of the water ju-ju he at once gave orders to all his people that none of them were to go into the river, but, that, if they wanted to wash, they must carry the water to their houses for the purpose. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 Chief Chief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 Eka Eka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 threat threat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 9 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 10 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 at at SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 16 advmod _ _ 16 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 17 orders order NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 21 det:predet _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 23 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 28 nsubj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nmod _ _ 26 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 acl _ _ 29 into into ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 37 if if SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 wash wash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 advcl _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ _ 51 for for ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | Chief | the threat of the ju ju water | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer threat=Stimulus | | 2 | **give** | past | water | orders | water's people | | | once *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent order=Theme to people=Recipient | | 3 | **go** | past | none of people | | | the river | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into river=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **want** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | orders *= order* | that | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **wash** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | that *not said here* | | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **carry** | must | orders *= order* | the water | | orders's houses | | for the purpose | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme to house=Destination | 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 154](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/7/154/) - next →: [sentence 156](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/7/156/) - ↑ back to [Ix.--the Story of the War Between Inkum and Enfitop.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/7/)