Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, The Port Hills and Their Names., sentence 76

A myth which to the Maori quite satisfactorily accounts for the readiness with which fire can be obtained from the _kaikomako_ by the simple process of taking a dry block of the wood and rubbing a groove in it with a stick of hardwood--with, of course an incantation to give more power to the elbow--until the dust and the shavings become ignited.

Who acts: myth, simple process, dust · What happens: account, obtain, take, rub, give, become · To what, where: myth, kaikomako, dry block, groove, more power, elbow

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 (myth, simple process, dust), 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	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 myth	det
2	myth	myth	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 obtained	nsubj:pass
3	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 accounts	nsubj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 Maori	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Maori	det
6	Maori	Maori	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 which	nmod
7	quite	quite	ADV	_	8 satisfactorily	advmod
8	satisfactorily	satisfactorily	ADV	_	9 accounts	advmod
9	accounts	account	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 myth	nmod
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 readiness	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 readiness	det
12	readiness	readiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 accounts	nmod
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 fire	case
14	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	15 fire	det
15	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 readiness	nmod
16	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 obtained	aux
17	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 obtained	aux:pass
18	obtained	obtain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
19	from	from	ADP	_	22 kaikomako	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 kaikomako	det
21	_	_	PUNCT	_	22 kaikomako	punct
22	kaikomako	kaikomako	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 obtained	obl
23	_	_	PUNCT	_	18 obtained	punct
24	by	by	ADP	_	27 process	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 process	det
26	simple	simple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 process	amod
27	process	process	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 obtained	obl
28	of	of	SCONJ	_	29 taking	mark
29	taking	take	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	27 process	acl
30	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	32 block	det
31	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 block	amod
32	block	block	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 taking	obj
33	of	of	ADP	_	35 wood	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 wood	det
35	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 block	nmod
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 rubbing	cc
37	rubbing	rub	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	29 taking	conj
38	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	39 groove	det
39	groove	groove	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 rubbing	obj
40	in	in	ADP	_	41 it	case
41	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 rubbing	obl
42	with	with	ADP	_	44 stick	case
43	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	44 stick	det
44	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 rubbing	obl
45	of	of	ADP	_	46 hardwood	case
46	hardwood	hardwood	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 stick	nmod
47	--	--	PUNCT	_	53 incantation	punct
48	with	with	ADP	_	53 incantation	case
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 incantation	punct
50	of	of	ADP	_	53 incantation	case
51	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 of	fixed
52	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	53 incantation	det
53	incantation	incantation	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 obtained	obl
54	to	to	PART	_	55 give	mark
55	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	53 incantation	acl
56	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	57 power	amod
57	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 give	obj
58	to	to	ADP	_	60 elbow	case
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 elbow	det
60	elbow	elbow	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 give	obl
61	--	--	PUNCT	_	68 become	punct
62	until	until	SCONJ	_	68 become	mark
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 dust	det
64	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 become	nsubj
65	and	and	CCONJ	_	67 shavings	cc
66	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	67 shavings	det
67	shavings	shaving	NOUN	Number=Plur	64 dust	conj
68	become	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	55 give	parataxis
69	ignited	ignite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	68 become	xcomp
70	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 obtained	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	account		a myth				for the readiness with which fire; satisfactorily property	tree rules
2	obtain	can · passive	the simple process	a myth		the kaikomako	with a incantation	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent subject=Theme from kaikomako=Source
3	take	gerund	the simple process not said here	a dry block of the wood				vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent block=Theme
4	rub	gerund	the simple process not said here	a groove		kaikomako	with a stick of hardwood	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent groove=Theme in it=Destination
5	give	to-infinitive	the simple process not said here	more power	the elbow			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent power=Theme to elbow=Recipient
6	become	present	the dust and the shavings					tree rules
7	ignite	participle	the dust and the shavings not said here					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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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The tree

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Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, The Port Hills and Their Names., sentence 76