Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, How the Sacred Fire Came to Witch Hill., sentence 33

In his extremity he stood upon the tall crag-top yonder--the one that now is called “The Breast of Tamatea”--and called aloud and _karakia’d_ and made incantations for sacred fire to be sent from the North Island, the land of active volcanoes, to save the lives of himself and his companions.

Who acts: Maoris, karakia · What happens: stand, call, have, make, send, save · To what, where: one, extremity, incantations, North Island, lives · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (Maoris, karakia), 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 extremity	case
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 extremity	nmod:poss
3	extremity	extremity	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stood	obl
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 stood	nsubj
5	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 top	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 top	det
8	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 top	amod
9	crag	crag	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 top	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 crag	punct
11	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stood	obl
12	yonder	yonder	ADV	_	5 stood	advmod
13	--	--	PUNCT	_	15 one	punct
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 one	det
15	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stood	obl
16	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 called	nsubj:pass
17	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	19 called	advmod
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 called	aux:pass
19	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 one	acl:relcl
20	“	"	PUNCT	_	22 Breast	punct
21	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 Breast	det
22	Breast	Breast	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 called	xcomp
23	of	of	ADP	_	24 Tamatea	case
24	Tamatea	Tamatea	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 Breast	nmod
25	”	"	PUNCT	_	22 Breast	punct
26	--	--	PUNCT	_	28 called	punct
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 called	cc
28	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 stood	parataxis
29	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	28 called	advmod
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 save	cc
31	_	_	PUNCT	_	33 ’d	punct
32	karakia	karakia	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 ’d	nsubj
33	’d	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 save	advcl
34	_	_	PUNCT	_	33 ’d	punct
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 made	cc
36	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 ’d	conj
37	incantations	incantation	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 made	obj
38	for	for	ADP	_	40 fire	case
39	sacred	sacred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 fire	amod
40	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 made	obl
41	to	to	PART	_	43 sent	mark
42	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	43 sent	aux:pass
43	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	36 made	advcl
44	from	from	ADP	_	47 Island	case
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 Island	det
46	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	47 Island	compound
47	Island	Island	PROPN	Number=Sing	43 sent	obl
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 land	punct
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 land	det
50	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 Island	appos
51	of	of	ADP	_	53 volcanoes	case
52	active	active	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 volcanoes	amod
53	volcanoes	volcano	NOUN	Number=Plur	50 land	nmod
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 save	punct
55	to	to	PART	_	56 save	mark
56	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	28 called	conj
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 lives	det
58	lives	life	NOUN	Number=Plur	56 save	obj
59	of	of	ADP	_	60 himself	case
60	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	58 lives	nmod
61	and	and	CCONJ	_	63 companions	cc
62	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	63 companions	nmod:poss
63	companions	companion	NOUN	Number=Plur	60 himself	conj
64	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 stood	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	Maoris	the one	Maoris's extremity		upon the tall crag top; yonder property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in extremity=Location
2	call	present · passive		the one		now	the Breast of Tamatea xcomp	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
3	call	participle					aloud property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	have	past	karakia					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	make	past	karakia not said here	incantations			for sacred fire	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent incantation=Product for fire=Asset
6	send	to-infinitive · passive	karakia not said here		the North Island			vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: from island=Initial_Location
7	save	to-infinitive		the lives of Maoris				vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme

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, How the Sacred Fire Came to Witch Hill., sentence 33

The tree

Pragmatics

Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, How the Sacred Fire Came to Witch Hill., sentence 33