--- title: Six of the best of the prisoners were then killed in front of the ju… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: Six of the best of the prisoners were then killed in front of the ju-ju, and after their blood had been sprinkled on the ground, the bodies were cut up and given to the fighting men, who lit fires and boiled the flesh with yams, pepper and salt. Who acts: fighting men. 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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 (fighting men), 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:pg70959:7:55 # text = Six of the best of the prisoners were then killed in front of the ju-ju, and after their blood had been sprinkled on the ground, the bodies were cut up and given to the fighting men, who lit fires and boiled the flesh with yams, pepper and salt. 1 Six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 1 nmod _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 prisoners prisoner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 9 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 10 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 15 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 20 after after ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 sprinkled sprinkle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 bodies body NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 parataxis _ _ 34 up up ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 conj _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 fighting fighting NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 43 lit light VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 44 fires fire NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obj _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 boiled boil VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 with with ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 yams yam NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 52 pepper pepper NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 appos _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kill** | past · passive | | Six of the best of the prisoners | | front of the ju ju | then | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **sprinkle** | past · perfect · passive | | | | the ground | after prisoners's blood | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: on ground=Destination | | 3 | **cut up** | past · passive | | the bodies | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 4 | **give** | participle | | | the fighting men | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to man=Recipient | | 5 | **light** | past | the fighting men | fires | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Product | | 6 | **boil** | past | | the flesh | | | | with yams | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent flesh=Patient with yam=Instrument | 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/7/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/7/56/) - ↑ back to [Ix.--the Story of the War Between Inkum and Enfitop.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/7/)