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title: Chief Indoma agreed with the ju-ju man, and said he would not forget… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics
description: Chief Indoma agreed with the ju-ju man, and said he would not forget again, and that in the future when he went to war he would see that the proper precautions were taken and the usual sacrifices made as had always been done in the past. Who acts: Chief, that. A sentence of «Ikom folk stories from S
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# Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Ix.--the Story of the War Between Inkum and Enfitop., sentence 73

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Chief Indoma agreed with the ju-ju man, and said he would not forget again, and that in the future when he went to war he would see that the proper precautions were taken and the usual sacrifices made as had always been done in the past.

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**Who acts:** Chief, that · **What happens:** agree, say, not forget, go, see, take · **To what, where:** war, proper precautions, usual sacrifices, past · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (Chief, that), 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:pg70959:7:73
# text = Chief Indoma agreed with the ju-ju man, and said he would not forget again, and that in the future when he went to war he would see that the proper precautions were taken and the usual sacrifices made as had always been done in the past.
1	Chief	Chief	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Indoma	Indoma	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	agreed	agree	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	ju	ju	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	ju	ju	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
14	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	forget	forget	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	ccomp	_	_
17	again	again	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
20	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	26	nsubj	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	future	future	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
24	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	26	advmod	_	_
25	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
26	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
27	to	to	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	_
29	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	nsubj	_	_
30	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	31	aux	_	_
31	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	parataxis	_	_
32	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	37	mark	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
34	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
35	precautions	precaution	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	nsubj:pass	_	_
36	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	aux:pass	_	_
37	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	31	ccomp	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
40	usual	usual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
41	sacrifices	sacrifice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	47	nsubj:pass	_	_
42	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	41	acl	_	_
43	as	as	ADV	RB	_	42	advmod	_	_
44	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	47	aux	_	_
45	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	47	advmod	_	_
46	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	47	aux:pass	_	_
47	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	37	conj	_	_
48	in	in	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	past	past	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | Chief |  |  |  |  | with the ju man | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with man=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **not** **forget** | would | Chief |  |  |  | again |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **go** | past | that in the future |  |  | war |  | Chief *nsubj* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to war=Initial\_Location |
| 5 | **see** | would | Chief |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 6 | **take** | past · passive |  | the proper precautions |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 7 | **make** | participle |  | the usual sacrifices *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 8 | **do** | past · perfect · passive |  | the usual sacrifices |  | the past |  | always *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

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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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