Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, How the Sacred Fire Came to Witch Hill., sentence 27
Coming round Te Matau-a-Maui, Hawke’s Bay, the Arai-te-Uru nearly capsized; she went over on her side, and continued in that attitude until she finally overturned at Matakaea Point, near Oamaru, where she still lies--turned to stone!
Who acts: Uru · What happens: come round, capsize, go over, continue, overturn, lie · To what, where: Te, side, attitude, Matakaea Point, Oamaru, stone
This is a sentence of «Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand» by James Cowan, How the Sacred Fire Came to Witch Hill.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Uru), 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 | Coming | come | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 15 Arai | compound |
| 2 | round | round | ADV | _ | 1 Coming | advmod |
| 3 | Te | Te | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Coming | obl |
| 4 | Matau | Matau | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Te | flat |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 Maui | punct |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 Maui | det |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 Maui | punct |
| 8 | Maui | Maui | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Te | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 Bay | punct |
| 10 | Hawke | Hawke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Bay | nmod:poss |
| 11 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 10 Hawke | case |
| 12 | Bay | Bay | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Te | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Coming | punct |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Arai | det |
| 15 | Arai | Arai | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 16 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 15 Arai | punct |
| 17 | te | te | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 capsized | obl:unmarked |
| 18 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 19 Uru | punct |
| 19 | Uru | Uru | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 capsized | nsubj |
| 20 | nearly | nearly | ADV | _ | 21 capsized | advmod |
| 21 | capsized | capsize | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 Arai | acl:relcl |
| 22 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 24 went | punct |
| 23 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 went | nsubj |
| 24 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 capsized | conj |
| 25 | over | over | ADV | _ | 24 went | advmod |
| 26 | on | on | ADP | _ | 28 side | case |
| 27 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 side | nmod:poss |
| 28 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 went | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 continued | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 continued | cc |
| 31 | continued | continue | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 21 capsized | parataxis |
| 32 | in | in | ADP | _ | 34 attitude | case |
| 33 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 34 attitude | det |
| 34 | attitude | attitude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 continued | obl |
| 35 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 38 overturned | mark |
| 36 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 overturned | nsubj |
| 37 | finally | finally | ADV | _ | 38 overturned | advmod |
| 38 | overturned | overturn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 continued | advcl |
| 39 | at | at | ADP | _ | 41 Point | case |
| 40 | Matakaea | Matakaea | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 Point | compound |
| 41 | Point | Point | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 overturned | obl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 Oamaru | punct |
| 43 | near | near | ADP | _ | 44 Oamaru | case |
| 44 | Oamaru | Oamaru | PROPN | Number=Sing | 49 lies | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 lies | punct |
| 46 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 49 lies | advmod |
| 47 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 lies | nsubj |
| 48 | still | still | ADV | _ | 49 lies | advmod |
| 49 | lies | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 38 overturned | advcl |
| 50 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 51 turned | punct |
| 51 | turned | turn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 31 continued | conj |
| 52 | to | to | ADP | _ | 53 stone | case |
| 53 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 turned | obl |
| 54 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 15 Arai | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come round | gerund | Te and a Maui and Hawke's Bay | round property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | capsize | past | Uru | te | nearly property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent arai=Patient | |||
| 3 | go over | past | uru | uru's side | over property | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on side=Location | |||
| 4 | continue | participle | that attitude | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | overturn | past | uru | Matakaea Point | finally property | tree rules | |||
| 6 | lie | present | uru | Oamaru | still | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent near oamaru=Location | |||
| 7 | turn | participle | stone | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to stone=Trajectory |
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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