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title: The body of the man was then divided up amongst the chiefs, the head… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics
description: The body of the man was then divided up amongst the chiefs, the head chief getting the right arm, shoulder and breast for his share, and the head fighter was given the man’s heart to eat. Who acts: head chief, man. A sentence of «Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria» by Elphinstone Dayrell, Ix.--
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# Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Ix.--the Story of the War Between Inkum and Enfitop., sentence 64

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The body of the man was then divided up amongst the chiefs, the head chief getting the right arm, shoulder and breast for his share, and the head fighter was given the man’s heart to eat.

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**Who acts:** head chief, man · **What happens:** divide up, get, give, eat, share · **To what, where:** body, right arm, head fighter

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This is a sentence of «Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria» by Elphinstone Dayrell, Ix.--the Story of the War Between Inkum and Enfitop.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (head chief, man), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg70959:7:64
# text = The body of the man was then divided up amongst the chiefs, the head chief getting the right arm, shoulder and breast for his share, and the head fighter was given the man’s heart to eat.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	divided	divide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	amongst	amongst	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	chiefs	chief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	chief	chief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	parataxis	_	_
17	getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	16	acl	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	breast	breast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	_
25	for	for	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
27	share	share	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	compound	_	_
32	fighter	fighter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nsubj:pass	_	_
33	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	34	aux:pass	_	_
34	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	conj	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	’s	's	PART	POS	_	36	case	_	_
38	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obj	_	_
39	to	to	PART	TO	_	40	mark	_	_
40	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	38	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **divide up** | past · passive |  | the body of the man |  |  | then | amongst the chiefs; the head chief *parataxis* | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | gerund | the head chief *not said here* | the right arm and shoulder and breast |  |  |  | for man's share | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent arm=Theme for share=Source |
| 3 | **give** | past · passive |  | the head fighter |  |  |  | the man's heart *obj* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient heart=Theme |
| 4 | **eat** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **share** |  | man |  |  |  |  |  | nom share «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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