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Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, How the Sacred Fire Came to Witch Hill., sentence 38

And when the chief left the spot next day to continue his journey he said, “Let this place be called The Place where Tamatea’s Fire-Ashes Lie”; and so to-day the rocky wall which the white man has named the Giant’s Causeway is to the Maori “Te Whaka-takanga-o-te-Karehu-a-Tamatea.”

Who acts: chief, bay, place, Fire Ashes, rocky wall · What happens: leave, continue, say, let, call, lie · To what, where: spot, journey, place, white man · 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 (chief, bay, place, Fire Ashes), 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

ccadvmoddetnsubjdetobjamodobl:unmarkedmarkadvclnmod:possobjnsubjparataxispunctpunctccompdetobjaux:passxcompdetobjadvmodnmod:posscasecompoundpunctnsubjacl:relclpunctpunctccadvmodcasepunctobldetamodnsubjobjdetamodnsubj:passauxacl:relcldetamodcasexcompcopcasedetparataxispunctconjflatpunctappospunctcasepunctappospunctappospunctdetpunctconjpunctpunctrootAndCCONJwhenADVtheDETchiefNOUNleftVERBtheDETspotNOUNnextADJdayNOUNtoPARTcontinueVERBhisPRONjourneyNOUNhePRONsaidVERB,PUNCT“PUNCTLetVERBthisDETplaceNOUNbeAUXcalledVERBTheDETPlaceNOUNwhereADVTamateaPROPN’sPARTFirePROPN-PUNCTAshesNOUNLieVERB”PUNCT;PUNCTandCCONJsoADVtoADP-PUNCTdayNOUNtheDETrockyADJwallNOUNwhichPRONtheDETwhiteADJmanNOUNhasAUXnamedVERBtheDETGiantADJ’sPARTCausewayPROPNisAUXtoADPtheDETMaoriPROPN“PUNCTTePROPNWhakaPROPN-PUNCTtakangaNOUN-PUNCToADP-PUNCTteNOUN-PUNCTKarehuPROPN-PUNCTaDET-PUNCTTamateaPROPN.PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AndandCCONJ_5 leftcc
2whenwhenADVPronType=Int5 leftadvmod
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 chiefdet
4chiefchiefNOUNNumber=Sing5 leftnsubj
5leftleaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 spotdet
7spotspotNOUNNumber=Sing5 leftobj
8nextnextADJDegree=Pos9 dayamod
9daydayNOUNNumber=Sing5 leftobl:unmarked
10totoPART_11 continuemark
11continuecontinueVERBVerbForm=Inf5 leftadvcl
12hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs13 journeynmod:poss
13journeyjourneyNOUNNumber=Sing11 continueobj
14hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs15 saidnsubj
15saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 leftparataxis
16,,PUNCT_18 Letpunct
17“"PUNCT_18 Letpunct
18LetletVERBVerbForm=Inf15 saidccomp
19thisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem20 placedet
20placeplaceNOUNNumber=Sing18 Letobj
21bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf22 calledaux:pass
22calledcallVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass18 Letxcomp
23ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art24 Placedet
24PlaceplaceNOUNNumber=Sing22 calledobj
25wherewhereADVPronType=Rel31 Lieadvmod
26TamateaTamateaPROPNNumber=Sing30 Ashesnmod:poss
27’s'sPART_26 Tamateacase
28FireFirePROPNNumber=Sing30 Ashescompound
29--PUNCT_28 Firepunct
30AshesashNOUNNumber=Plur31 Liensubj
31LielieVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin24 Placeacl:relcl
32”"PUNCT_31 Liepunct
33;;PUNCT_55 Maoripunct
34andandCCONJ_55 Maoricc
35sosoADV_55 Maoriadvmod
36totoADP_38 daycase
37--PUNCT_36 topunct
38daydayNOUNNumber=Sing55 Maoriobl
39thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art41 walldet
40rockyrockyADJDegree=Pos41 wallamod
41wallwallNOUNNumber=Sing55 Maorinsubj
42whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel47 namedobj
43thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art45 mandet
44whitewhiteADJDegree=Pos45 manamod
45manmanNOUNNumber=Sing47 namednsubj:pass
46hashaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin47 namedaux
47namednameVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass41 wallacl:relcl
48thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art51 Causewaydet
49GiantgiantADJDegree=Pos51 Causewayamod
50’s'sPART_49 Giantcase
51CausewayCausewayPROPNNumber=Sing47 namedxcomp
52isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin55 Maoricop
53totoADP_55 Maoricase
54thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art55 Maoridet
55MaoriMaoriPROPNNumber=Sing5 leftparataxis
56“"PUNCT_57 Tepunct
57TeTePROPNNumber=Sing55 Maoriconj
58WhakaWhakaPROPNNumber=Sing57 Teflat
59--PUNCT_60 takangapunct
60takangatakangaNOUNNumber=Sing57 Teappos
61--PUNCT_64 tepunct
62oofADPAbbr=Yes64 tecase
63--PUNCT_62 opunct
64teteNOUNNumber=Sing60 takangaappos
65--PUNCT_66 Karehupunct
66KarehuKarehuPROPNNumber=Sing64 teappos
67--PUNCT_70 Tamateapunct
68aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art70 Tamateadet
69--PUNCT_68 apunct
70TamateaTamateaPROPNNumber=Sing66 Karehuconj
71..PUNCT_66 Karehupunct
72”"PUNCT_64 tepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1leavepastthe chiefthe spotdayvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spot=Theme
2continueto-infinitivethe chief not said herebay's journeyvn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent journey=Theme
3say speech: assertpastbayvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4let in a quoteinfinitivethis placetree rules
5call in a quoteinfinitive · passivethis place not said herethe Placevn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: place=Recipient
6lie in a quotepresentTamatea's Fire Ashesvn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7namepresent · perfect · passivethe white manthe rocky wall obj; the Giant Causeway xcompvn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme which=Attribute
8ispresentthe rocky walldayto the Maori and Te; Te conjtree rules
9journeybaynom journey «act 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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