--- title: From the time Iya Agagim conceived, the chief kept her in the house,… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: From the time Iya Agagim conceived, the chief kept her in the house, as he was afraid that if she met any of his former wives they might be jealous, and try to do her some injury. Who acts: Iya, chief, wives. 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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 (Iya, chief, wives), 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:pg70959:9:25 # text = From the time Iya Agagim conceived, the chief kept her in the house, as he was afraid that if she met any of his former wives they might be jealous, and try to do her some injury. 1 From from ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 Iya Iya PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 Agagim Agagim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 flat _ _ 6 conceived conceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 19 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 if if SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 24 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 23 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 wives wife NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 cop _ _ 32 jealous jealous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 39 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 40 det _ _ 40 injury injury NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **conceive** | past | Iya | | | | time | | vn characterize-29.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **keep** | past | the chief | Iya | | the house | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme in house=Location | | 3 | **is** | past | chief | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **meet** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Iya | any of chief's former wives | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent any=Co-Agent | | 5 | **is** | might | wives *= wife* | chief's former wives *not said here* | | | | jealous *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **try** | infinitive | Iya *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Iya *not said here* | Iya's injury | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent injury=Eventuality | | 8 | **injure** | | Iya | | | | | | nom injury «state 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/9/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/9/26/) - ↑ back to [Xii.--concerning the Okuni Witches and Cannibalism.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/9/)