Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, The Port Hills and Their Names., sentence 41
The story is that when Te Rangi-whakaputa and his followers landed, in their search for the Ngati-Mamoe, after taking the _pa_ at Ohinetahi, in Governor’s Bay, the scouts entered the bush, and at the foot of Cass Peak heard the voices of a party of men in the bush; these men were Ngati-Mamoe, who had come across from their _pa_ at Manuka, on the plains side of the range.
Who acts: story, scouts, foot, men, Ngati, followers · What happens: be, take, enter, hear, come, search · To what, where: search, _ pa, Ohinetahi, bush, voices, Ngati
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 (story, scouts, foot, men), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 story | det |
| 2 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 landed | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 landed | cop |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 13 landed | mark |
| 5 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 13 landed | advmod |
| 6 | Te | Te | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 landed | nsubj |
| 7 | Rangi | Rangi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Te | flat |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 whakaputa | punct |
| 9 | whakaputa | whakaputa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Te | appos |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 followers | cc |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 followers | nmod:poss |
| 12 | followers | follower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 Te | conj |
| 13 | landed | land | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 search | punct |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 search | case |
| 16 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 search | nmod:poss |
| 17 | search | search | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 landed | obl |
| 18 | for | for | ADP | _ | 22 Mamoe | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 Mamoe | det |
| 20 | Ngati | Ngati | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 Mamoe | compound |
| 21 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 20 Ngati | punct |
| 22 | Mamoe | Mamoe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 search | nmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 taking | punct |
| 24 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 25 taking | mark |
| 25 | taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 landed | advcl |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 pa | det |
| 27 | _ | _ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 pa | compound |
| 28 | pa | pa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 taking | obj |
| 29 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 25 taking | punct |
| 30 | at | at | ADP | _ | 31 Ohinetahi | case |
| 31 | Ohinetahi | Ohinetahi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 taking | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 Bay | punct |
| 33 | in | in | ADP | _ | 36 Bay | case |
| 34 | Governor | Governor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 Bay | nmod:poss |
| 35 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 34 Governor | case |
| 36 | Bay | Bay | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 landed | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 entered | punct |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 scouts | det |
| 39 | scouts | scout | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 entered | nsubj |
| 40 | entered | enter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 Bay | acl:relcl |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 bush | det |
| 42 | bush | bush | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 entered | obj |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 heard | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 heard | cc |
| 45 | at | at | ADP | _ | 47 foot | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 foot | det |
| 47 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 heard | nsubj |
| 48 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 Cass | case |
| 49 | Cass | Cass | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 foot | nmod |
| 50 | Peak | Peak | PROPN | Number=Sing | 49 Cass | flat |
| 51 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 landed | conj |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 voices | det |
| 53 | voices | voice | NOUN | Number=Plur | 51 heard | obj |
| 54 | of | of | ADP | _ | 56 party | case |
| 55 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 56 party | det |
| 56 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 voices | nmod |
| 57 | of | of | ADP | _ | 58 men | case |
| 58 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 56 party | nmod |
| 59 | in | in | ADP | _ | 61 bush | case |
| 60 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 61 bush | det |
| 61 | bush | bush | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 men | nmod |
| 62 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 66 Ngati | punct |
| 63 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 64 men | det |
| 64 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 66 Ngati | nsubj |
| 65 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 66 Ngati | cop |
| 66 | Ngati | Ngati | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 landed | obl |
| 67 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 68 Mamoe | punct |
| 68 | Mamoe | Mamoe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 66 Ngati | flat |
| 69 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 72 come | punct |
| 70 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 72 come | nsubj |
| 71 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 72 come | aux |
| 72 | come | come | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 66 Ngati | acl |
| 73 | across | across | ADV | _ | 72 come | advmod |
| 74 | from | from | ADP | _ | 77 pa | case |
| 75 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 77 pa | nmod:poss |
| 76 | _ | _ | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 77 pa | amod |
| 77 | pa | pa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 72 come | obl |
| 78 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 72 come | punct |
| 79 | at | at | ADP | _ | 80 Manuka | case |
| 80 | Manuka | Manuka | PROPN | Number=Sing | 72 come | obl |
| 81 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 85 side | punct |
| 82 | on | on | ADP | _ | 85 side | case |
| 83 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 85 side | det |
| 84 | plains | plain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 85 side | compound |
| 85 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 Ngati | appos |
| 86 | of | of | ADP | _ | 88 range | case |
| 87 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 88 range | det |
| 88 | range | range | NOUN | Number=Sing | 85 side | nmod |
| 89 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 landed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the story | followers's search for the Ngati Mamoe | in Governor's Bay; Te and Te's followers nsubj; land property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | take | gerund | the story not said here | the _ pa | Ohinetahi | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent pa=Theme at ohinetahi=Asset | |||
| 3 | enter | past | the scouts | the bush | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bush=Destination | ||||
| 4 | hear | past | the foot of Cass | the voices of a party of men in the bush | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | is a | past | this men | Ngati | the plains side of the range appos | tree rules | |||
| 6 | come | past · perfect | Ngati | Voices's _ pa | at Manuka; across property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from pa=Initial_Location | |||
| 7 | search | followers = follower | for the Ngati Mamoe | nom search «act transitive»: poss=agent for=obl |
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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