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title: The ju-ju man told the chief not to sleep with anyone until the hous… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics
description: The ju-ju man told the chief not to sleep with anyone until the house was built, and that then Iya Agagim was to go into the river and wash herself all over, and having thrown away all her old clothes, she was to put on a new cloth before she joined her husband so that she would be an entirely fresh
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# Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xii.--concerning the Okuni Witches and Cannibalism., sentence 10

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The ju-ju man told the chief not to sleep with anyone until the house was built, and that then Iya Agagim was to go into the river and wash herself all over, and having thrown away all her old clothes, she was to put on a new cloth before she joined her husband so that she would be an entirely fresh woman.

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**Who acts:** ju man, Iya · **What happens:** tell, not sleep, build, be, wash, throw away · **To what, where:** chief, house, river, Iya, old clothes, new cloth · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria» by Elphinstone Dayrell, Xii.--concerning the Okuni Witches and Cannibalism.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (ju man, Iya), 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:pg70959:9:10
# text = The ju-ju man told the chief not to sleep with anyone until the house was built, and that then Iya Agagim was to go into the river and wash herself all over, and having thrown away all her old clothes, she was to put on a new cloth before she joined her husband so that she would be an entirely fresh woman.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	ju	ju	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	ju	ju	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	chief	chief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	iobj	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	ccomp	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	11	obl	_	_
14	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj:pass	_	_
17	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
21	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	27	mark	_	_
22	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	23	advmod	_	_
23	Iya	Iya	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	nsubj	_	_
24	Agagim	Agagim	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	flat	_	_
25	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	cop	_	_
26	to	to	PART	TO	_	27	mark	_	_
27	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	ccomp	_	_
28	into	into	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
32	wash	wash	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	27	conj	_	_
33	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	32	obj	_	_
34	all	all	ADV	RB	_	35	advmod	_	_
35	over	over	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
38	having	have	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	39	aux	_	_
39	thrown	throw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	parataxis	_	_
40	away	away	ADV	RB	_	39	advmod	_	_
41	all	all	ADV	RB	_	44	advmod	_	_
42	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	44	nmod:poss	_	_
43	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	amod	_	_
44	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	39	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
46	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	nsubj	_	_
47	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	49	cop	_	_
48	to	to	PART	TO	_	49	mark	_	_
49	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	conj	_	_
50	on	on	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
51	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
52	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	amod	_	_
53	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obl	_	_
54	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	56	mark	_	_
55	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	nsubj	_	_
56	joined	join	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	49	advcl	_	_
57	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	58	nmod:poss	_	_
58	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obj	_	_
59	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	67	mark	_	_
60	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	59	fixed	_	_
61	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	67	nsubj	_	_
62	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	67	aux	_	_
63	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	67	cop	_	_
64	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	67	det	_	_
65	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	66	advmod	_	_
66	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	67	amod	_	_
67	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the ju man |  | the chief |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent chief=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **sleep** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with anyone | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **build** | past · passive |  | the house |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 4 | **is** *not said to happen* | past | Iya |  |  | the river |  | go *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **wash** | infinitive | Iya *not said here* | Iya |  |  |  | over *property* | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Patient |
| 6 | **throw away** | gerund · perfect |  | Iya's old clothes |  |  |  | away *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 7 | **is** | past | Iya |  |  | a new cloth |  | put *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **join** | past | Iya | Iya's husband |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Patient |
| 9 | **is a** | would | Iya | a fresh woman |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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