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Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, The Port Hills and Their Names., sentence 14

On the tussocky slope where the track goes over from the St. Martins tram terminus to the Summit Road above Rapaki, joining the hill track near Witch Hill, the _tohungas_ kept in a sacred place one of the wooden figures representing Kahukura, for _karakia_, consultation in time of need, and the spot became known as “Te Irika o Kahukura,” or “The Uplifting of the Rainbow God.”

Who acts: track, Martins, wooden figures, karakia · What happens: go over, tram, join, keep, represent, become · To what, where: tussocky slope, terminus, hill track, Witch Hill, _ tohungas, sacred place

This is a sentence of «Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand» by James Cowan, The Port Hills and Their Names.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (track, Martins, wooden figures, karakia), 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

casedetamodobladvmoddetnsubjadvmodmarkdetnmod:descnsubjadvclobjcasedetcompoundoblcasenmodpunctadvcldetcompoundobjcasecompoundoblpunctdetamodappospunctaclcasedetamodoblflatcasedetamodnmodaclobjpunctmarkpunctnsubjpunctpunctapposcasenmodcasenmodpunctccdetnsubjparataxisxcompcasepunctcompoundoblcasenmodpunctpunctccpunctdetconjcasedetcompoundnmodpunctpunctrootOnADPtheDETtussockyADJslopeNOUNwhereADVtheDETtrackNOUNgoesVERBoverADVfromSCONJtheDETSt.PROPNMartinsPROPNtramVERBterminusNOUNtoADPtheDETSummitPROPNRoadPROPNaboveADPRapakiPROPN,PUNCTjoiningVERBtheDEThillNOUNtrackNOUNnearADPWitchPROPNHillPROPN,PUNCTtheDET_ADJtohungasNOUN_PUNCTkeptVERBinADPaDETsacredADJplaceNOUNoneNUMofADPtheDETwoodenADJfiguresNOUNrepresentingVERBKahukuraPROPN,PUNCTforSCONJ_PUNCTkarakiaPROPN_PUNCT,PUNCTconsultationNOUNinADPtimeNOUNofADPneedNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJtheDETspotNOUNbecameVERBknownVERBasADP“PUNCTTePROPNIrikaPROPNoADPKahukuraPROPN,PUNCT”PUNCTorCCONJ“PUNCTTheDETUpliftingNOUNofADPtheDETRainbowPROPNGodPROPN.PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OnonADP_4 slopecase
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 slopedet
3tussockytussockyADJDegree=Pos4 slopeamod
4slopeslopeNOUNNumber=Sing8 goesobl
5wherewhereADVPronType=Rel8 goesadvmod
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 trackdet
7tracktrackNOUNNumber=Sing8 goesnsubj
8goesgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
9overoverADV_8 goesadvmod
10fromfromSCONJ_14 trammark
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 Martinsdet
12St.St.PROPNNumber=Sing13 Martinsnmod:desc
13MartinsMartinPROPNNumber=Plur14 tramnsubj
14tramtramVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 goesadvcl
15terminusterminusNOUNNumber=Sing14 tramobj
16totoADP_19 Roadcase
17thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 Roaddet
18SummitSummitPROPNNumber=Sing19 Roadcompound
19RoadRoadPROPNNumber=Sing14 tramobl
20aboveaboveADP_21 Rapakicase
21RapakiRapakiPROPNNumber=Sing19 Roadnmod
22,,PUNCT_23 joiningpunct
23joiningjoinVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part8 goesadvcl
24thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art26 trackdet
25hillhillNOUNNumber=Sing26 trackcompound
26tracktrackNOUNNumber=Sing23 joiningobj
27nearnearADP_29 Hillcase
28WitchWitchPROPNNumber=Sing29 Hillcompound
29HillHillPROPNNumber=Sing23 joiningobl
30,,PUNCT_33 tohungaspunct
31thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art33 tohungasdet
32__ADJDegree=Pos33 tohungasamod
33tohungastohungaNOUNNumber=Plur29 Hillappos
34__PUNCT_35 keptpunct
35keptkeepVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass33 tohungasacl
36ininADP_39 placecase
37aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art39 placedet
38sacredsacredADJDegree=Pos39 placeamod
39placeplaceNOUNNumber=Sing35 keptobl
40oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card39 placeflat
41ofofADP_44 figurescase
42thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art44 figuresdet
43woodenwoodenADJDegree=Pos44 figuresamod
44figuresfigureNOUNNumber=Plur40 onenmod
45representingrepresentVERBVerbForm=Ger44 figuresacl
46KahukuraKahukuraPROPNNumber=Sing45 representingobj
47,,PUNCT_62 becamepunct
48forforSCONJ_62 becamemark
49__PUNCT_62 becamepunct
50karakiakarakiaPROPNNumber=Sing62 becamensubj
51__PUNCT_50 karakiapunct
52,,PUNCT_53 consultationpunct
53consultationconsultationNOUNNumber=Sing50 karakiaappos
54ininADP_55 timecase
55timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing53 consultationnmod
56ofofADP_57 needcase
57needneedNOUNNumber=Sing55 timenmod
58,,PUNCT_62 becamepunct
59andandCCONJ_62 becamecc
60thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art61 spotdet
61spotspotNOUNNumber=Sing62 becamensubj
62becamebecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 goesparataxis
63knownknowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass62 becamexcomp
64asasADP_67 Irikacase
65“"PUNCT_67 Irikapunct
66TeTePROPNNumber=Sing67 Irikacompound
67IrikaIrikaPROPNNumber=Sing63 knownobl
68oofADPAbbr=Yes69 Kahukuracase
69KahukuraKahukuraPROPNNumber=Sing67 Irikanmod
70,,PUNCT_67 Irikapunct
71”"PUNCT_67 Irikapunct
72ororCCONJ_75 Upliftingcc
73“"PUNCT_75 Upliftingpunct
74ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art75 Upliftingdet
75UpliftingupliftingNOUNNumber=Sing67 Irikaconj
76ofofADP_79 Godcase
77thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art79 Goddet
78RainbowRainbowPROPNNumber=Sing79 Godcompound
79GodGodPROPNNumber=Sing75 Upliftingnmod
80..PUNCT_8 goespunct
81”"PUNCT_8 goespunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1go overpresentthe trackthe tussocky slopeover propertyvn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on slope=Location
2trampresentthe Martins St.terminusto the Summit Road above Rapaki resultvn vehicle-51.4.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent terminus=Theme to road=Result
3joingerundthe track not said herethe hill trackWitch Hillvn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent track=Patient
4keepparticiplethe _ tohungas not said herea sacred placevn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in place=Location
5representgerundthe wooden figures not said hereKahukuravn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot kahukura=Theme
6becomepastkarakiathe spot nsubjtree rules
7knowparticiplekarakia not said hereas Te Irika of Kahukura or the Uplifting of the Rainbow Godvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as irika=Attribute
8uplift in a quotethe Rainbow Godnom uplifting «event transitive»: of=patient

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: «Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand» by James Cowan, Project Gutenberg book 73766 (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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