Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, Rapaki: a Village By the Sea., sentence 4

The communal house, of characteristic Native build, with its carved frontal barge-boards and its gargoyle-like _tekoteko_ perched above the entrance, familiar to travellers in the Native districts of the North, is wanting here; but a survey of the village scheme, with its tree-shaded cottages grouped sociably about the central green space, and the hall and school-house and church, soon makes it plain that here stood an old-time Maori _kainga_, of totara slabs and raupo thatch, with maybe a tall stockade guarding its landward side and stretching from cliff to cliff of the little boulder-beached bay.

Who acts: communal house, survey, tall stockade · What happens: carve, perch, want, shade, group, make · To what, where: like tekoteko, entrance, survey, kainga, landward side, cliff

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 (communal house, survey, tall stockade), 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	3 house	det
2	communal	communal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 house	amod
3	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 wanting	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 build	punct
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 build	case
6	characteristic	characteristic	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 build	compound
7	Native	native	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 build	amod
8	build	build	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 house	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 boards	punct
10	with	with	ADP	_	16 boards	case
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 boards	nmod:poss
12	carved	carve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 boards	amod
13	frontal	frontal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 boards	amod
14	barge	barge	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 boards	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 barge	punct
16	boards	board	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 house	nmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 tekoteko	cc
18	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 tekoteko	nmod:poss
19	gargoyle	gargoyle	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 like	compound
20	-	-	PUNCT	_	19 gargoyle	punct
21	like	like	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 tekoteko	amod
22	_	_	PUNCT	_	21 like	punct
23	tekoteko	tekoteko	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 boards	conj
24	_	_	PUNCT	_	25 perched	punct
25	perched	perch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	23 tekoteko	acl
26	above	above	ADP	_	28 entrance	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 entrance	det
28	entrance	entrance	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 perched	obl
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 familiar	punct
30	familiar	familiar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 entrance	amod
31	to	to	ADP	_	32 travellers	case
32	travellers	traveller	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 familiar	obl
33	in	in	ADP	_	36 districts	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 districts	det
35	Native	native	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 districts	amod
36	districts	district	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 familiar	obl
37	of	of	ADP	_	39 North	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 North	det
39	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	36 districts	nmod
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 house	punct
41	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	42 wanting	aux
42	wanting	want	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
43	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	42 wanting	advmod
44	;	;	PUNCT	_	59 grouped	punct
45	but	but	CCONJ	_	59 grouped	cc
46	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	47 survey	det
47	survey	survey	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 grouped	nsubj
48	of	of	ADP	_	51 scheme	case
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 scheme	det
50	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 scheme	compound
51	scheme	scheme	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 survey	nmod
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 grouped	punct
53	with	with	SCONJ	_	59 grouped	mark
54	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	58 cottages	nmod:poss
55	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 shaded	compound
56	-	-	PUNCT	_	55 tree	punct
57	shaded	shade	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	58 cottages	amod
58	cottages	cottage	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 grouped	nsubj
59	grouped	group	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 wanting	parataxis
60	sociably	sociably	ADV	_	59 grouped	advmod
61	about	about	ADP	_	65 space	case
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 space	det
63	central	central	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 space	amod
64	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 space	amod
65	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 grouped	obl
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 hall	punct
67	and	and	CCONJ	_	69 hall	cc
68	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	69 hall	det
69	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 space	appos
70	and	and	CCONJ	_	73 house	cc
71	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 house	compound
72	-	-	PUNCT	_	71 school	punct
73	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 hall	conj
74	and	and	CCONJ	_	75 church	cc
75	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 hall	conj
76	,	,	PUNCT	_	78 makes	punct
77	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	78 makes	advmod
78	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	59 grouped	conj
79	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	78 makes	obj
80	plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	78 makes	xcomp
81	that	that	SCONJ	_	83 stood	mark
82	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	83 stood	advmod
83	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	80 plain	advcl
84	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	87 time	det
85	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	87 time	amod
86	-	-	PUNCT	_	85 old	punct
87	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	83 stood	obj
88	Maori	Maori	PROPN	Number=Sing	87 time	appos
89	_	_	PUNCT	_	90 kainga	punct
90	kainga	kainga	NOUN	Number=Sing	83 stood	obl
91	_	_	PUNCT	_	83 stood	punct
92	,	,	PUNCT	_	95 slabs	punct
93	of	of	ADP	_	95 slabs	case
94	totara	totara	NOUN	Number=Sing	95 slabs	compound
95	slabs	slab	NOUN	Number=Plur	83 stood	parataxis
96	and	and	CCONJ	_	98 thatch	cc
97	raupo	raupo	NOUN	Number=Sing	98 thatch	compound
98	thatch	thatch	NOUN	Number=Sing	95 slabs	conj
99	,	,	PUNCT	_	104 stockade	punct
100	with	with	ADP	_	104 stockade	case
101	maybe	maybe	ADV	_	104 stockade	advmod
102	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	104 stockade	det
103	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	104 stockade	amod
104	stockade	stockade	NOUN	Number=Sing	95 slabs	conj
105	guarding	guard	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	104 stockade	acl
106	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	108 side	nmod:poss
107	landward	landward	ADJ	Degree=Pos	108 side	amod
108	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	105 guarding	obj
109	and	and	CCONJ	_	110 stretching	cc
110	stretching	stretch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	105 guarding	conj
111	from	from	ADP	_	112 cliff	case
112	cliff	cliff	NOUN	Number=Sing	110 stretching	obl
113	to	to	ADP	_	114 cliff	case
114	cliff	cliff	NOUN	Number=Sing	110 stretching	obl
115	of	of	ADP	_	121 bay	case
116	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	121 bay	det
117	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	121 bay	amod
118	boulder	boulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	120 beached	compound
119	-	-	PUNCT	_	118 boulder	punct
120	beached	beach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	121 bay	amod
121	bay	bay	NOUN	Number=Sing	114 cliff	nmod
122	.	.	PUNCT	_	42 wanting	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carve	participle						vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	perch	participle		build's like tekoteko not said here	the entrance			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent above entrance=Location
3	want	present · progressive	the communal house with build's carved frontal barge boards and build's like tekoteko and characteristic Native build		here			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
4	shade	participle					tree compound	vn defend-72.3 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
5	group	past	a survey of the village scheme				about the central green space; survey's shaded cottages nsubj; sociably property	vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	make	present	a survey of the village scheme not said here	survey			plain, soon property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product
7	stand	past	a survey of the village scheme not said here	kainga	here	time	totara slabs and raupo thatch and a tall stockade parataxis	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	guard	gerund	a tall stockade not said here	survey's landward side				vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Beneficiary
9	stretch	gerund	a tall stockade not said here		cliff		to cliff of the little beached bay	vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from cliff=Location
10	beach	participle					boulder compound	vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent
11	survey			the village scheme				nom survey «act transitive»: of=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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Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, Rapaki: a Village By the Sea., sentence 4