（動詞）た形 ＋ きり

[bluntcrayon]

Would any of you nice people out there be able to give a good explaination of the （動詞）た形　＋　きり　grammar point?

I think i understand the bare essentials of it, but there seems to be something more that i am not grasping properly and I can only come up with a few basic sentances like those found in textbook examples.

息子は友達の家に行ったきり、帰ってこない
This is pretty straight forward.　My son went to his friend's　House and didnt come home.

But this one is a bit more Vague to me.
A・中村さんから何か連絡がありましたか
B・いえ。先月電話をもらったきりです。どうしたのだろう。

I guess it must mean " I had a phone call from him last month, (but then nothing more). I wonder whats going on?"
But I think a more detailed explaination would help me

[V1046R]

But this one is a bit more Vague to me.
A・中村さんから何か連絡がありましたか
B・いえ。先月電話をもらったきりです。どうしたのだろう。

I guess it must mean " I had a phone call from him last month, (but then nothing more). I wonder whats going on?"
But I think a more detailed explaination would help me

Your guess is quite right.
When use （動詞）た形＋きり、Someone did something last time but did not any more since then.

[coco]

This たきり is mostly used when an action or a work was finished at that point/time, contrary to your expectation. Therefore a speaker tends to use たきり when s/he feels the action is unfulfilled or uncompleted, and the phrase is generally expressed with a negative word.

The expected action:
息子が（友達の家から）帰ってくる。／中村さんから連絡がくる。

The current condition:　
息子が帰ってこない。　／中村さんから連絡がこない。

A・中村さんから何か連絡がありましたか
B・いえ。先月電話をもらったきりです。どうしたのだろう。

You can interpret B as
B い（い）え。先月電話をもらったきり、連絡がありません。どうした［ん/の］だろう。

So たきり usage in following situation is odd even though 中村 hasn't beaten up B any more. Since B doesn't hope/expect to be beaten up again by Nakamura.
　　
A　(男性/先輩)　どうした？　中村に殴られたのか？
B　(男性/後輩)　いえ。中村には先月殴られたきりです。／中村には先月殴られたきり、殴られていません。

Hope this helps a little.

[bluntcrayon]

Thanks Coco!
That was a great explaination and I think I have it pretty clearly now.
Textbooks never seem to go into the context in which it should be used, but i could tell from the examples that it wasnt just a general use grammar point. As you said, its only when you have an unforfilled expectation.Thanks