--- title: He also said that the Inkum people had gone to fight like women; the… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: He also said that the Inkum people had gone to fight like women; they had not consulted him (by which he lost a handsome present) neither had they killed a slave as a sacrifice to their ju-ju. Who acts: Chief, Inkum people, 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 (Chief, Inkum people, 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:pg70959:7:72 # text = He also said that the Inkum people had gone to fight like women; they had not consulted him (by which he lost a handsome present) neither had they killed a slave as a sacrifice to their ju-ju. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 also also ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Inkum Inkum PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 12 like like ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 consulted consult VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 by by ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 obl _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 24 punct _ _ 29 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 30 cc:preconj _ _ 30 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 as as ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 sacrifice sacrifice NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 40 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Chief | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** | past · perfect | the Inkum people | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **fight** | to-infinitive | the Inkum people *not said here* | | | | | like women | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **consult** | past · perfect · passive | | people | | | | Chief *obj* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP.attribute»: subject=Theme he=Attribute | | 5 | **lose** | past | Chief | a handsome present | | | | which *obl* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent present=Eventuality | | 6 | **have** | past | people *not said here* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **kill** | past | people | a slave | | | | as a sacrifice; to people's ju ju | vn spend\_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent slave=Duration as sacrifice=Attribute | 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/7/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/7/73/) - ↑ back to [Ix.--the Story of the War Between Inkum and Enfitop.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/7/)