Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, The Port Hills and Their Names., sentence 85
But when the Rangi-whakaputa conquered the inhabitants of Te Whaka-raupo, he took the island and named it Ripapa--its first name is forgotten--and he built a _pa_ on the spot where the fort of the _pakeha_ artillery-men now stands.
Who acts: Rangi whakaputa, raupo, fort, whakaputa · What happens: conquer, take, name, forget, build, stand · To what, where: inhabitants, island, whakaputa, first name, _ pa, spot
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 (Rangi whakaputa, raupo, fort, whakaputa), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 conquered | cc |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 conquered | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 whakaputa | det |
| 4 | Rangi | Rangi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 whakaputa | compound |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 Rangi | punct |
| 6 | whakaputa | whakaputa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 conquered | nsubj |
| 7 | conquered | conquer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 inhabitants | det |
| 9 | inhabitants | inhabitant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 conquered | obj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 Te | case |
| 11 | Te | Te | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 inhabitants | nmod |
| 12 | Whaka | Whaka | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Te | flat |
| 13 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 14 raupo | punct |
| 14 | raupo | raupo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 Te | appos |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 took | punct |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 took | nsubj |
| 17 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 conquered | conj |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 island | det |
| 19 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 took | obj |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 named | cc |
| 21 | named | name | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 took | conj |
| 22 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 named | obj |
| 23 | Ripapa | Ripapa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 named | xcomp |
| 24 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 29 forgotten | punct |
| 25 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 name | nmod:poss |
| 26 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 27 name | amod |
| 27 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 forgotten | nsubj:pass |
| 28 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 29 forgotten | aux:pass |
| 29 | forgotten | forget | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 took | conj |
| 30 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 33 built | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 built | cc |
| 32 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 built | nsubj |
| 33 | built | build | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 forgotten | conj |
| 34 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 36 pa | det |
| 35 | _ | _ | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 pa | amod |
| 36 | pa | pa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 built | obj |
| 37 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 33 built | punct |
| 38 | on | on | ADP | _ | 40 spot | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 spot | det |
| 40 | spot | spot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 built | obl |
| 41 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 53 stands | advmod |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 fort | det |
| 43 | fort | fort | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 stands | nsubj |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 pakeha | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 pakeha | det |
| 46 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 47 pakeha | punct |
| 47 | pakeha | pakeha | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 fort | nmod |
| 48 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 51 men | punct |
| 49 | artillery | artillery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 men | compound |
| 50 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 49 artillery | punct |
| 51 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 53 stands | obl |
| 52 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 53 stands | advmod |
| 53 | stands | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 40 spot | acl:relcl |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 conquered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | conquer | past | the Rangi whakaputa | the inhabitants of Te | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inhabitant=Patient | ||||
| 2 | take | past | raupo | the island | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent island=Theme | ||||
| 3 | name | past | raupo not said here | whakaputa | Ripapa xcomp | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 4 | forget | present · passive | whakaputa's first name | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | build | past | raupo | a _ pa | the spot | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent pa=Theme on spot=Source | |||
| 6 | stand | present | the fort of the pakeha | artillery men | now | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 7 | name | whakaputa | nom name «communication transitive»: 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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