Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover., sentence 23

Unfortunately for Ode, his wife Edidor had consulted a ju-ju man called Ekum at Inde, who had a very powerful medicine which enabled him to see what was going to happen, and this man told Edidor that her husband was on his way to catch her and take her home, and that if she wanted to stay at Inde she should hide herself at once.

Who acts: ju man, powerful medicine, man, husband, Inde · What happens: consult, call, have, enable, see, go · To what, where: wife, ju man, powerful medicine, Ode, Edidor, way · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria» by Elphinstone Dayrell, Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover.. 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, powerful medicine, man, husband), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Unfortunately	unfortunately	ADV	_	9 consulted	advmod
2	for	for	ADP	_	3 Ode	case
3	Ode	Ode	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Unfortunately	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Unfortunately	punct
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 wife	nmod:poss
6	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 consulted	nsubj:pass
7	Edidor	Edidor	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 wife	appos
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 consulted	aux
9	consulted	consult	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 man	det
11	ju	ju	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ju	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 ju	punct
13	ju	ju	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 man	compound
14	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 consulted	obj
15	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 man	acl
16	Ekum	Ekum	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 called	xcomp
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 Inde	case
18	Inde	Inde	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Ekum	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 had	punct
20	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 had	nsubj
21	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 man	acl:relcl
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 medicine	det
23	very	very	ADV	_	24 powerful	advmod
24	powerful	powerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 medicine	amod
25	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 had	obj
26	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	27 enabled	nsubj
27	enabled	enable	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 medicine	acl:relcl
28	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 enabled	obj
29	to	to	PART	_	30 see	mark
30	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 enabled	advcl
31	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	33 going	nsubj
32	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 going	aux
33	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	30 see	ccomp
34	to	to	PART	_	35 happen	mark
35	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	33 going	xcomp
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 told	punct
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 told	cc
38	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	39 man	det
39	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 told	nsubj
40	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 consulted	parataxis
41	Edidor	Edidor	PROPN	Number=Sing	40 told	iobj
42	that	that	SCONJ	_	48 way	mark
43	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	44 husband	nmod:poss
44	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 way	nsubj
45	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	48 way	cop
46	on	on	ADP	_	48 way	case
47	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	48 way	nmod:poss
48	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 told	ccomp
49	to	to	PART	_	50 catch	mark
50	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	48 way	acl
51	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 catch	obj
52	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 take	cc
53	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	50 catch	conj
54	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	55 home	nmod:poss
55	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 take	obj
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	68 hide	punct
57	and	and	CCONJ	_	68 hide	cc
58	that	that	SCONJ	_	61 wanted	mark
59	if	if	SCONJ	_	61 wanted	mark
60	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	61 wanted	nsubj
61	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	68 hide	advcl
62	to	to	PART	_	63 stay	mark
63	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	61 wanted	xcomp
64	at	at	ADP	_	65 Inde	case
65	Inde	Inde	PROPN	Number=Sing	63 stay	obl
66	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	68 hide	nsubj
67	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	68 hide	aux
68	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	40 told	conj
69	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	68 hide	obj
70	at	at	ADP	_	71 once	case
71	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	68 hide	obl
72	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 consulted	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	consult	past · perfect · passive		Ode's wife			a ju man obj; unfortunately property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP.attribute»: subject=Theme man=Attribute
2	call	participle		a ju man not said here			Ekum at Inde xcomp	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	have	past	a ju man	a powerful medicine				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent medicine=Patient
4	enable	past	a powerful medicine	Ode				tree rules
5	see	to-infinitive	a powerful medicine not said here					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
6	go	past · progressive					what nsubj	vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
7	happen	to-infinitive						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	tell speech: assert	past	this man		Edidor			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent edidor=Recipient
9	is	past	Inde's husband			Ode's way	Ode nmod:poss	tree rules
10	catch	to-infinitive	this man not said here	Edidor				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
11	take	infinitive	this man not said here	Inde's home				vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Theme
12	want a condition, not said to happen	past	Inde					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
13	stay not said to happen	to-infinitive	Inde not said here			Inde		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at inde=Location
14	hide	should	Inde	Inde				vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent herself=Patient at once=Location

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.

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Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover., sentence 23