Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, The Port Hills and Their Names., sentence 59
And the Mamoe leader’s name still clings to that wild craggy spot where he met his death blow, for the peak which the _pakeha_ has named Cooper’s Knobs was called by the Ngai-Tahu conquerors Omawete, meaning the place where Mawete fell.
Who acts: name, spot, Tahu conquerors, Mawete, Mamoe leader · What happens: cling, meet, name, call, mean, fall · To what, where: death blow, pakeha, place · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (name, spot, Tahu conquerors, Mawete), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 clings | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 leader | det |
| 3 | Mamoe | Mamoe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 leader | compound |
| 4 | leader | leader | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 name | nmod:poss |
| 5 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 4 leader | case |
| 6 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 clings | nsubj |
| 7 | still | still | ADV | _ | 8 clings | advmod |
| 8 | clings | cling | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 spot | case |
| 10 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 13 spot | nsubj |
| 11 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 spot | amod |
| 12 | craggy | craggy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 spot | amod |
| 13 | spot | spot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 clings | obl |
| 14 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 16 met | advmod |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 met | nsubj |
| 16 | met | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 spot | acl:relcl |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 blow | nmod:poss |
| 18 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 blow | compound |
| 19 | blow | blow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 met | obj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 peak | punct |
| 21 | for | for | ADP | _ | 23 peak | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 peak | det |
| 23 | peak | peak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 clings | obl |
| 24 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 35 called | obj |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 pakeha | det |
| 26 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 27 pakeha | punct |
| 27 | pakeha | pakeha | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 called | nsubj:pass |
| 28 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 30 named | punct |
| 29 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 named | aux |
| 30 | named | name | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 27 pakeha | acl |
| 31 | Cooper | Cooper | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 Knobs | nmod:poss |
| 32 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 31 Cooper | case |
| 33 | Knobs | Knobs | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 named | xcomp |
| 34 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 called | aux:pass |
| 35 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 23 peak | acl:relcl |
| 36 | by | by | ADP | _ | 41 conquerors | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 conquerors | det |
| 38 | Ngai | Ngai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 Tahu | compound |
| 39 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 38 Ngai | punct |
| 40 | Tahu | Tahu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 conquerors | compound |
| 41 | conquerors | conqueror | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 called | obl |
| 42 | Omawete | Omawete | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 conquerors | appos |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 meaning | punct |
| 44 | meaning | mean | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 clings | advcl |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 place | det |
| 46 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 meaning | obj |
| 47 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 49 fell | advmod |
| 48 | Mawete | Mawete | PROPN | Number=Sing | 49 fell | nsubj |
| 49 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 46 place | acl:relcl |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 clings | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cling | present | the Mamoe leader's name | still | to wild craggy spot that; for the peak | vn cling-22.5 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to spot=Co-Theme | |||
| 2 | meet | past | spot | spot's death blow | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blow=Co-Agent | ||||
| 3 | name | present · perfect | the pakeha not said here | Cooper's Knobs xcomp | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | call | past · passive | the Tahu conquerors | the pakeha | the peak obj | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme which=Result | |||
| 5 | mean | gerund | the Mamoe leader's name not said here | the place | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Topic | ||||
| 6 | fall | past | Mawete | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 7 | name | the Mamoe leader | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 8 | blow | spot | nom blow «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
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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