--- title: Amoru then said, “the time has now arrived when I have to produce a… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: Amoru then said, “the time has now arrived when I have to produce a man or a woman for the witches to eat, and they want my father or mother or one of us children, but as I do not want to give them anyone I thought I would get you to help me as you are big and strong.” Who acts: Amoru, brothers, you --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/9/68/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/) / [Xii.--concerning the Okuni Witches and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/9/) / 68 # Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xii.--concerning the Okuni Witches and Cannibalism., sentence 68 Amoru then said, “the time has now arrived when I have to produce a man or a woman for the witches to eat, and they want my father or mother or one of us children, but as I do not want to give them anyone I thought I would get you to help me as you are big and strong.” **Who acts:** Amoru, brothers, you · **What happens:** say, arrive, have, produce, eat, want · **To what, where:** man, father, anyone, brothers, you, Amoru · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (Amoru, brothers, you), 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:pg70959:9:68 # text = Amoru then said, “the time has now arrived when I have to produce a man or a woman for the witches to eat, and they want my father or mother or one of us children, but as I do not want to give them anyone I thought I would get you to help me as you are big and strong.” 1 Amoru Amoru PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 5 “ " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 10 arrived arrive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 11 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 produce produce VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 or or CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 witches witch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 30 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 or or CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 34 or or CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nmod _ _ 38 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 40 but but CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 41 as as SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 45 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ _ 48 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 iobj _ _ 49 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 47 obj _ _ 50 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 acl:relcl _ _ 52 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 53 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 ccomp _ _ 55 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ _ 56 to to PART TO _ 57 mark _ _ 57 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 xcomp _ _ 58 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 57 obj _ _ 59 as as SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 60 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 61 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 62 cop _ _ 62 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 advcl _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 64 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 ” " PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Amoru | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **arrive** *in a quote* | present · perfect | | | | | now; time | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Amoru | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **produce** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Amoru *not said here* | a man or a woman | | | | for the witches | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent man=Result for witch=Beneficiary | | 5 | **eat** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Amoru *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **want** *in a quote* | present | brothers *= brother* | my father or mother or one children | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot father=Theme | | 7 | **not** **want** *in a quote* | present · do-support | Amoru | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 8 | **give** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | Amoru *not said here* | anyone | brothers *= brother* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient anyone=Theme | | 9 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | Amoru | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 10 | **get** *in a quote* | would | Amoru | you | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **help** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | Amoru | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary | | 12 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | big *property* | tree rules | | 13 | **be** *in a quote* | | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | 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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/9/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/9/69/) - ↑ back to [Xii.--concerning the Okuni Witches and Cannibalism.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/9/)