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Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, How the Sacred Fire Came to Witch Hill., sentence 55

There are innumerable stories illustrating his genius for exploration, and from end to end of New Zealand place nomenclature memorises his travels and justifies the name by which he is known in history, Tamatea-pokai-whenua, or “Tamatea-who-travels-through-the-land.”

Who acts: innumerable stories, name, Tamatea · What happens: be, illustrate, memoris, travel, justify, know · To what, where: genius, end, name, story, history, land · 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 (innumerable stories, name, Tamatea), 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

explamodnsubjaclnmod:possobjcaseoblpunctcccaseoblcasenmodcaseflatcompoundcompoundnmodparataxisnmod:possconjccconjdetobjcaseoblnsubj:passaux:passacl:relclcaseoblpunctparataxispunctdeppunctconjpunctccpunctappospunctnsubjpunctacl:relclpunctcasepunctdetpunctoblpunctpunctrootTherePRONareVERBinnumerableADJstoriesNOUNillustratingVERBhisPRONgeniusNOUNforADPexplorationNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJfromADPendNOUNtoADPendNOUNofADPNewPROPNZealandPROPNplaceNOUNnomenclatureNOUNmemorisesVERBhisPRONtravelsVERBandCCONJjustifiesVERBtheDETnameNOUNbyADPwhichPRONhePRONisAUXknownVERBinADPhistoryNOUN,PUNCTTamateaPROPN-PUNCTpokaiX-PUNCTwhenuaNOUN,PUNCTorCCONJ“PUNCTTamateaPROPN-PUNCTwhoPRON-PUNCTtravelsVERB-PUNCTthroughADP-PUNCTtheDET-PUNCTlandNOUN.PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheretherePRONPronType=Dem2 areexpl
2arebeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3innumerableinnumerableADJDegree=Pos4 storiesamod
4storiesstoryNOUNNumber=Plur2 arensubj
5illustratingillustrateVERBVerbForm=Ger4 storiesacl
6hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs7 geniusnmod:poss
7geniusgeniusNOUNNumber=Sing5 illustratingobj
8forforADP_9 explorationcase
9explorationexplorationNOUNNumber=Sing5 illustratingobl
10,,PUNCT_21 memorisespunct
11andandCCONJ_21 memorisescc
12fromfromADP_13 endcase
13endendNOUNNumber=Sing21 memorisesobl
14totoADP_15 endcase
15endendNOUNNumber=Sing13 endnmod
16ofofADP_20 nomenclaturecase
17NewNewPROPNNumber=Sing18 Zealandflat
18ZealandZealandPROPNNumber=Sing20 nomenclaturecompound
19placeplaceNOUNNumber=Sing20 nomenclaturecompound
20nomenclaturenomenclatureNOUNNumber=Sing15 endnmod
21memorisesmemorisVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 areparataxis
22hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs23 travelsnmod:poss
23travelstravelVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin21 memorisesconj
24andandCCONJ_25 justifiescc
25justifiesjustifyVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin21 memorisesconj
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 namedet
27namenameNOUNNumber=Sing25 justifiesobj
28bybyADP_29 whichcase
29whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel32 knownobl
30hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs32 knownnsubj:pass
31isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin32 knownaux:pass
32knownknowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass27 nameacl:relcl
33ininADP_34 historycase
34historyhistoryNOUNNumber=Sing32 knownobl
35,,PUNCT_36 Tamateapunct
36TamateaTamateaPROPNNumber=Sing2 areparataxis
37--PUNCT_38 pokaipunct
38pokaipokaiXForeign=Yes36 Tamateadep
39--PUNCT_40 whenuapunct
40whenuawhenuaNOUNNumber=Sing38 pokaiconj
41,,PUNCT_44 Tamateapunct
42ororCCONJ_44 Tamateacc
43“"PUNCT_44 Tamateapunct
44TamateaTamateaPROPNNumber=Sing36 Tamateaappos
45--PUNCT_44 Tamateapunct
46whowhoPRONPronType=Rel48 travelsnsubj
47--PUNCT_46 whopunct
48travelstravelVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin44 Tamateaacl:relcl
49--PUNCT_54 landpunct
50throughthroughADP_54 landcase
51--PUNCT_50 throughpunct
52thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art54 landdet
53--PUNCT_52 thepunct
54landlandNOUNNumber=Sing48 travelsobl
55..PUNCT_44 Tamateapunct
56”"PUNCT_44 Tamateapunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1doespresentinnumerable storiesthereTamatea parataxisvn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2illustrategerundinnumerable stories not said herestory's geniusfor explorationvn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent genius=Destination
3memorispresentfrom end to end of Zealand place nomenclaturetree rules
4travelpresentstory nmod:possvn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5justify speech: otherpresentthe namevn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Topic
6knowpresent · passivethe namestoryhistoryvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus
7travel in a quotepresentTamateathe landvn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through land=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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