Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, Rapaki: a Village By the Sea., sentence 44
Some occurrence there enraged Parakiore, youngest son of Tu-Rakautahi and grandson of Te Rakiwhakaputa, and he declared that he would have no interloper in his midst, referring to his grandfather Te Rakiwhakaputa, (to whom, for brevity, I shall now refer by his short name Te Raki) and Mako (Mango) who was married to his aunt (Te Raki’s eldest daughter).
Who acts: occurrence, Te, I · What happens: enrage, declare, have, refer, marry, name · To what, where: Parakiore, interloper, midst, short name · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (occurrence, Te, I), 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 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 2 occurrence | det |
| 2 | occurrence | occurrence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 enraged | nsubj |
| 3 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 enraged | advmod |
| 4 | enraged | enrage | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | Parakiore | Parakiore | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 enraged | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 son | punct |
| 7 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 8 son | amod |
| 8 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Parakiore | appos |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Tu | case |
| 10 | Tu | Tu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 son | nmod |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 12 Rakautahi | punct |
| 12 | Rakautahi | Rakautahi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Tu | conj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 grandson | cc |
| 14 | grandson | grandson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 Tu | conj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 Te | case |
| 16 | Te | Te | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 grandson | nmod |
| 17 | Rakiwhakaputa | Rakiwhakaputa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 Te | flat |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 declared | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 declared | cc |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 declared | nsubj |
| 21 | declared | declare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 enraged | conj |
| 22 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 25 have | mark |
| 23 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 have | nsubj |
| 24 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 25 have | aux |
| 25 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 declared | ccomp |
| 26 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 27 interloper | det |
| 27 | interloper | interloper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 have | obj |
| 28 | in | in | ADP | _ | 30 midst | case |
| 29 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 midst | nmod:poss |
| 30 | midst | midst | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 have | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 referring | punct |
| 32 | referring | refer | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 25 have | advcl |
| 33 | to | to | ADP | _ | 35 grandfather | case |
| 34 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 grandfather | nmod:poss |
| 35 | grandfather | grandfather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 referring | obl |
| 36 | Te | te | ADP | _ | 37 Rakiwhakaputa | case |
| 37 | Rakiwhakaputa | Rakiwhakaputa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 grandfather | nmod |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 whom | punct |
| 39 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 41 whom | punct |
| 40 | to | to | ADP | _ | 41 whom | case |
| 41 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 21 declared | parataxis |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 brevity | punct |
| 43 | for | for | ADP | _ | 44 brevity | case |
| 44 | brevity | brevity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 whom | nsubj |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 refer | punct |
| 46 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 49 refer | nsubj |
| 47 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 49 refer | aux |
| 48 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 49 refer | advmod |
| 49 | refer | refer | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 enraged | conj |
| 50 | by | by | ADP | _ | 53 name | case |
| 51 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 53 name | nmod:poss |
| 52 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 53 name | amod |
| 53 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 refer | obl |
| 54 | Te | Te | PROPN | Number=Sing | 53 name | appos |
| 55 | Raki | Raki | PROPN | Number=Sing | 54 Te | flat |
| 56 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 54 Te | punct |
| 57 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 58 Mako | cc |
| 58 | Mako | Mako | PROPN | Number=Sing | 53 name | conj |
| 59 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 60 Mango | punct |
| 60 | Mango | Mango | PROPN | Number=Sing | 58 Mako | appos |
| 61 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 60 Mango | punct |
| 62 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 64 married | nsubj:pass |
| 63 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 64 married | aux:pass |
| 64 | married | marry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 53 name | acl:relcl |
| 65 | to | to | ADP | _ | 67 aunt | case |
| 66 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 67 aunt | nmod:poss |
| 67 | aunt | aunt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 married | obl |
| 68 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 73 daughter | punct |
| 69 | Te | Te | PROPN | Number=Sing | 73 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 70 | Raki | Raki | PROPN | Number=Sing | 69 Te | flat |
| 71 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 69 Te | case |
| 72 | eldest | eld | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 73 daughter | amod |
| 73 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 refer | parataxis |
| 74 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 73 daughter | punct |
| 75 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 enraged | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enrage | past | some occurrence | Parakiore | there | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus parakiore=Experiencer | |||
| 2 | declare speech: other | past | Te | whom for brevity parataxis | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||
| 3 | have | would | Te | no interloper | Te's midst | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent interloper=Patient | |||
| 4 | refer | gerund | Te not said here | to Te's grandfather te Rakiwhakaputa | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to grandfather=Co-Theme | ||||
| 5 | refer | shall | I | now | by Te's short name and Mako; Te's eldest daughter parataxis | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme | |||
| 6 | marry | past · passive | Te's short name and Mako | to Te's aunt | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to aunt=Co-Patient | ||||
| 7 | name | Te | 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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