Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, Rapaki: a Village By the Sea., sentence 35

One of his camping-grounds on a war expedition was yon fort-like nest of basalt towers and upjuts above Cass Bay, overlooking our Lyttelton road; he slept one night near the summit of one of these crags, a wild hard camping place, and it is still known as “Te-Moenga-o-Wheke” or “Wheke’s Bed.”

Who acts: One, figure · What happens: be, overlook, sleep, know · To what, where: yon like nest, Lyttelton road, summit, road

This is a sentence of «Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand» by James Cowan, Rapaki: a Village By the Sea.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (One, figure), 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	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 nest	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	6 grounds	case
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 grounds	nmod:poss
4	camping	camping	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grounds	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 camping	punct
6	grounds	grounds	NOUN	Number=Ptan	1 One	nmod
7	on	on	ADP	_	10 expedition	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 expedition	det
9	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 expedition	compound
10	expedition	expedition	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grounds	nmod
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 nest	cop
12	yon	yon	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 nest	amod
13	fort	fort	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 like	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 fort	punct
15	like	like	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 nest	amod
16	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 towers	case
18	basalt	basalt	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 towers	compound
19	towers	tower	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 nest	nmod
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 upjuts	cc
21	upjuts	upjut	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 towers	conj
22	above	above	ADP	_	24 Bay	case
23	Cass	Cass	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 Bay	compound
24	Bay	Bay	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 towers	nmod
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 overlooking	punct
26	overlooking	overlook	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 nest	advcl
27	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	29 road	nmod:poss
28	Lyttelton	Lyttelton	PROPN	Number=Sing	29 road	compound
29	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 overlooking	obj
30	;	;	PUNCT	_	32 slept	punct
31	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 slept	nsubj
32	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 nest	parataxis
33	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	34 night	nummod
34	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 slept	obl:unmarked
35	near	near	ADP	_	37 summit	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 summit	det
37	summit	summit	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 slept	obl
38	of	of	ADP	_	39 one	case
39	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	37 summit	nmod
40	of	of	ADP	_	42 crags	case
41	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	42 crags	det
42	crags	crag	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 one	nmod
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 place	punct
44	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	48 place	det
45	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 place	amod
46	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 place	amod
47	camping	camping	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 place	compound
48	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 crags	conj
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 known	punct
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 known	cc
51	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 known	nsubj:pass
52	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	54 known	aux:pass
53	still	still	ADV	_	54 known	advmod
54	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	32 slept	conj
55	as	as	ADP	_	59 Moenga	case
56	“	"	PUNCT	_	59 Moenga	punct
57	Te	te	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 Moenga	compound
58	-	-	PUNCT	_	59 Moenga	punct
59	Moenga	Moenga	PROPN	Number=Sing	54 known	obl
60	-	-	PUNCT	_	63 Wheke	punct
61	o	of	ADP	Abbr=Yes	63 Wheke	case
62	-	-	PUNCT	_	61 o	punct
63	Wheke	Wheke	PROPN	Number=Sing	59 Moenga	appos
64	”	"	PUNCT	_	63 Wheke	punct
65	or	or	CCONJ	_	69 Bed	cc
66	“	"	PUNCT	_	69 Bed	punct
67	Wheke	Wheke	PROPN	Number=Sing	69 Bed	nmod:poss
68	’s	's	PART	_	67 Wheke	case
69	Bed	Bed	PROPN	Number=Sing	59 Moenga	conj
70	.	.	PUNCT	_	59 Moenga	punct
71	”	"	PUNCT	_	16 nest	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	One of figure's camping grounds on a war expedition	yon like nest			of basalt towers above Cass Bay and upjuts	tree rules
2	overlook	gerund	One of figure's camping grounds on a war expedition not said here	our Lyttelton road				vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Theme
3	sleep	past	figure		the summit of one of this crags and a wild hard camping place	night		vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	know	present · passive		road		still	as Te Moenga or Wheke's Bed	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus as moenga=Attribute

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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Pragmatics

Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, Rapaki: a Village By the Sea., sentence 35