--- title: They decided that he should be sent to a ju-ju man named Ewo who cou… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: They decided that he should be sent to a ju-ju man named Ewo who could take witches out of people, and they agreed to pay his charges, which amounted to one slave, between them. Who acts: parents, ju ju man, charges, chief. 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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 (parents, ju ju man, charges, chief), 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:pg70959:9:102 # text = They decided that he should be sent to a ju-ju man named Ewo who could take witches out of people, and they agreed to pay his charges, which amounted to one slave, between them. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 decided decide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 10 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ju ju NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 14 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl _ _ 15 Ewo Ewo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 xcomp _ _ 16 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 17 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 acl:relcl _ _ 19 witches witch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 20 out out ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 agreed agree VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 charges charge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 33 amounted amount VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nummod _ _ 36 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 between between ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **decide** | past | parents *= parent* | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **send** | should · passive | | chief | a ju ju man | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to man=Destination | | 3 | **name** | participle | | a ju ju man *not said here* | | | | Ewo *xcomp* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **take** | could | a ju ju man | witches | | | | out people | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent witch=Theme out people=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | parents *= parent* | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **pay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | parents *= parent* *not said here* | chief's charges | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charge=Asset | | 7 | **amount** | past | chief's charges | | | | | to one slave; parents *= parent* *conj* | vn register-54.1-1 «NP V PP.value»: agent=Theme to slave=Value | | 8 | **charge** | | chief | | | | | | nom charge «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/9/101/) - next →: [sentence 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/9/103/) - ↑ back to [Xii.--concerning the Okuni Witches and Cannibalism.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/9/)