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title: Even this did not change the chief’s dislike to his son Agberamfe, a… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics
description: Even this did not change the chief’s dislike to his son Agberamfe, and by degrees he got to hate the boy, until at last, when the planting season came round, he made up his mind to kill him, but he did not want to do this in such a way that any one could blame him. Who acts: this, Agbor, planting se
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# Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xi.--how a Father Tried to Kill One of His Sons But Failed., sentence 12

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Even this did not change the chief’s dislike to his son Agberamfe, and by degrees he got to hate the boy, until at last, when the planting season came round, he made up his mind to kill him, but he did not want to do this in such a way that any one could blame him.

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**Who acts:** this, Agbor, planting season, one, chief · **What happens:** not change, get, hate, come round, make up, kill · **To what, where:** dislike, boy, mind, Agbor, this, way

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This is a sentence of «Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria» by Elphinstone Dayrell, Xi.--how a Father Tried to Kill One of His Sons But Failed.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (this, Agbor, planting season, one), 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:pg70959:8:12
# text = Even this did not change the chief’s dislike to his son Agberamfe, and by degrees he got to hate the boy, until at last, when the planting season came round, he made up his mind to kill him, but he did not want to do this in such a way that any one could blame him.
1	Even	even	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	chief	chief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	’s	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	dislike	dislike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
13	Agberamfe	Agberamfe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
16	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	degrees	degree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	_
18	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	hate	hate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	xcomp	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
25	until	until	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	at	at	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
29	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	33	mark	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	planting	planting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	compound	_	_
32	season	season	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nsubj	_	_
33	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	advcl	_	_
34	round	round	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
36	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
37	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	conj	_	_
38	up	up	ADP	RP	_	37	compound:prt	_	_
39	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	40	nmod:poss	_	_
40	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obj	_	_
41	to	to	PART	TO	_	42	mark	_	_
42	kill	kill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	advcl	_	_
43	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
45	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
46	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	nsubj	_	_
47	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	49	aux	_	_
48	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	49	advmod	_	_
49	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
50	to	to	PART	TO	_	51	mark	_	_
51	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	49	xcomp	_	_
52	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	51	obj	_	_
53	in	in	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
54	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	56	det:predet	_	_
55	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obl	_	_
57	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	61	mark	_	_
58	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	59	det	_	_
59	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	nsubj	_	_
60	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	61	aux	_	_
61	blame	blame	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	56	acl	_	_
62	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	61	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **change** | past · do-support | this | the chief's dislike |  |  |  | to Agbor's son | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dislike=Patient |
| 2 | **get** | past | Agbor |  |  |  |  | by degrees | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **hate** | to-infinitive | Agbor *not said here* | the boy |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer boy=Stimulus |
| 4 | **come round** | past | the planting season |  |  |  |  | round *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **make up** | past | Agbor | Agbor's mind |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot |
| 6 | **kill** | to-infinitive | Agbor *not said here* | Agbor |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 7 | **not** **want** | past · do-support | Agbor |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 8 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Agbor *not said here* | this |  | such way |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality |
| 9 | **blame** | could | any one | Agbor |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 10 | **dislike** |  | the chief |  |  |  |  |  | nom dislike «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
| 11 | **mind** |  | Agbor |  |  |  |  |  | nom mind «cognition 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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