--- title: When the Enfitop people had completed their preparations for war, th… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: When the Enfitop people had completed their preparations for war, the head chief took one of his slaves to his ju-ju as a sacrifice, and the blood was sprinkled all round the ju-ju, the chiefs dancing in it. Who acts: Enfitop people, head chief, chiefs, people. 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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 (Enfitop people, head chief, chiefs, people), 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:pg70959:7:37 # text = When the Enfitop people had completed their preparations for war, the head chief took one of his slaves to his ju-ju as a sacrifice, and the blood was sprinkled all round the ju-ju, the chiefs dancing in it. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 6 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 Enfitop Enfitop PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 completed complete VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 preparations preparation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 16 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 slaves slave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 22 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 25 as as ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 sacrifice sacrifice NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 blood blood 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 sprinkled sprinkle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 34 all all ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 35 round round ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 chiefs chief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 conj _ _ 43 dancing dance VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 42 acl _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **complete** | past · perfect | the Enfitop people | people's preparations | | | | for war | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent preparation=Eventuality | | 2 | **take** | past | the head chief | one of Chief's slaves | | Chief's ju ju | | as a sacrifice | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent one=Theme to ju=Destination | | 3 | **sprinkle** | past · passive | | the blood | | | | the ju ju and the chiefs *advcl* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **dance** | gerund | the chiefs *not said here* | | | blood | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in it=Location | | 5 | **prepare** | | people | | | | | for war | nom preparation «act transitive»: poss=agent for=obl | 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/7/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/7/38/) - ↑ back to [Ix.--the Story of the War Between Inkum and Enfitop.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/7/)