Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xii.--concerning the Okuni Witches and Cannibalism., sentence 67

Amoru then got his big brother to go into the bush with him so that no one could hear what he said, and then told him how he had been made a witch in secret and was compelled to attend the meetings where the dead bodies were eaten, but he explained that he had not eaten any of the human flesh, having hidden it in the fireplace.

Who acts: Amoru, big brother, one · What happens: get, go, hear, say, tell, make · To what, where: big brother, bush, Amoru, secret, meetings, dead bodies · 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, big brother, one), 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	Amoru	Amoru	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 got	nsubj
2	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 got	advmod
3	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 brother	nmod:poss
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 brother	amod
6	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 got	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 go	mark
8	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 got	xcomp
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 bush	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bush	det
11	bush	bush	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 go	obl
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 him	case
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 bush	nmod
14	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	19 hear	mark
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 so	fixed
16	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	17 one	det
17	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 hear	nsubj
18	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 hear	aux
19	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 go	advcl
20	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 said	obj
21	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 said	nsubj
22	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 hear	ccomp
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 told	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 told	cc
25	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	26 told	advmod
26	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 got	conj
27	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 told	iobj
28	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	32 made	advmod
29	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 made	nsubj
30	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 made	aux
31	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	32 made	aux:pass
32	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	26 told	ccomp
33	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	34 witch	det
34	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 made	obj
35	in	in	ADP	_	36 secret	case
36	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 made	obl
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 compelled	cc
38	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 compelled	aux:pass
39	compelled	compel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	32 made	conj
40	to	to	PART	_	41 attend	mark
41	attend	attend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	39 compelled	xcomp
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 meetings	det
43	meetings	meeting	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 attend	obj
44	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	49 eaten	advmod
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 bodies	det
46	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 bodies	amod
47	bodies	body	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 eaten	nsubj:pass
48	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 eaten	aux:pass
49	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	43 meetings	acl:relcl
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 explained	punct
51	but	but	CCONJ	_	53 explained	cc
52	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 explained	nsubj
53	explained	explain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 got	parataxis
54	that	that	SCONJ	_	58 eaten	mark
55	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 eaten	nsubj
56	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	58 eaten	aux
57	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	58 eaten	advmod
58	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	53 explained	ccomp
59	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	58 eaten	obj
60	of	of	ADP	_	63 flesh	case
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 flesh	det
62	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	63 flesh	amod
63	flesh	flesh	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 any	nmod
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 having	punct
65	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	58 eaten	advcl
66	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	65 having	xcomp
67	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	66 hidden	obj
68	in	in	ADP	_	70 fireplace	case
69	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	70 fireplace	det
70	fireplace	fireplace	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 hidden	obl
71	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 got	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	Amoru	Amoru's big brother			then		tree rules
2	go	to-infinitive	Amoru's big brother not said here			the bush with Amoru			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into bush=Initial_Location
3	hear	could	no one						vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	say speech: assert	past	Amoru					what obj	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
5	tell speech: assert	past	Amoru not said here		Amoru		then		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
6	make	past · perfect · passive		Amoru		secret		a witch obj	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary witch=Product
7	compel	past · passive							vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: clause=Result
8	attend	to-infinitive		the meetings					vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme meeting=Goal
9	eat	past · passive		the dead bodies					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
10	explain speech: assert	past	Amoru						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
11	not eat	past · perfect	Amoru	any of the human flesh					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent any=Patient
12	have	gerund	Amoru not said here						tree rules
13	hide	participle	Amoru not said here	body		the fireplace			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Patient in fireplace=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, Xii.--concerning the Okuni Witches and Cannibalism., sentence 67

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Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xii.--concerning the Okuni Witches and Cannibalism., sentence 67