Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, The Little People of the Mist., sentence 27

On the small piece of level ground on that Otehore which stands above French Farm the fairy _hapu_ of those parts had their _pa_, and there they would gather at night for their fairy meetings, and gather by day also in the foggy weather when no Maori eye could see them; and then would be heard their sweet fairy songs, their _waiatas_, and the tunes they played upon their flutes, sounding faintly from the cloudy mountain.”

Who acts: Otehore, pas, Maori eye, tunes · What happens: stand, have, gather, see, hear, play · To what, where: French Farm, _ pa, small piece, foggy weather, pas, sweet fairy songs

This is a sentence of «Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand» by James Cowan, The Little People of the Mist.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Otehore, pas, Maori eye, tunes), 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	On	on	ADP	_	4 piece	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 piece	det
3	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 piece	amod
4	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 had	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 ground	case
6	level	level	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ground	compound
7	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 piece	nmod
8	on	on	ADP	_	19 hapu	case
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	19 hapu	mark
10	Otehore	Otehore	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 hapu	compound
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 stands	nsubj
12	stands	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 Otehore	acl:relcl
13	above	above	ADP	_	15 Farm	case
14	French	French	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Farm	compound
15	Farm	Farm	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 stands	obl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 fairy	det
17	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 Farm	appos
18	_	_	PUNCT	_	10 Otehore	punct
19	hapu	hapu	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 piece	nmod
20	_	_	PUNCT	_	24 had	punct
21	of	of	ADP	_	23 parts	case
22	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	23 parts	det
23	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 had	obl
24	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
25	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 pa	nmod:poss
26	_	_	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 pa	amod
27	pa	pa	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 had	obj
28	_	_	PUNCT	_	24 had	punct
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 gather	punct
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 gather	cc
31	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	34 gather	expl
32	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 gather	nsubj
33	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	34 gather	aux
34	gather	gather	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 had	conj
35	at	at	ADP	_	36 night	case
36	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 gather	obl
37	for	for	ADP	_	40 meetings	case
38	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	40 meetings	nmod:poss
39	fairy	fairy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 meetings	amod
40	meetings	meeting	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 gather	obl
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 gather	punct
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 gather	cc
43	gather	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 had	conj
44	by	by	ADP	_	45 day	case
45	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 gather	obl
46	also	also	ADV	_	43 gather	advmod
47	in	in	ADP	_	50 weather	case
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 weather	det
49	foggy	foggy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 weather	amod
50	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 gather	obl
51	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	56 see	advmod
52	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	54 eye	det
53	Maori	Maori	PROPN	Number=Sing	54 eye	compound
54	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 see	nsubj
55	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	56 see	aux
56	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	43 gather	advcl
57	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 see	obj
58	;	;	PUNCT	_	63 heard	punct
59	and	and	CCONJ	_	63 heard	cc
60	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	63 heard	advmod
61	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	63 heard	aux
62	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	63 heard	aux:pass
63	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	24 had	conj
64	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	67 songs	nmod:poss
65	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	67 songs	amod
66	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 songs	compound
67	songs	song	NOUN	Number=Plur	63 heard	obj
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 waiatas	punct
69	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	71 waiatas	nmod:poss
70	_	_	PUNCT	_	71 waiatas	punct
71	waiatas	waiata	NOUN	Number=Plur	67 songs	appos
72	_	_	PUNCT	_	71 waiatas	punct
73	,	,	PUNCT	_	78 played	punct
74	and	and	CCONJ	_	78 played	cc
75	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	76 tunes	det
76	tunes	tune	NOUN	Number=Plur	78 played	nsubj
77	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	78 played	nsubj
78	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	67 songs	conj
79	upon	upon	ADP	_	81 flutes	case
80	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	81 flutes	nmod:poss
81	flutes	flute	NOUN	Number=Plur	78 played	obl
82	,	,	PUNCT	_	83 sounding	punct
83	sounding	sound	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	63 heard	advcl
84	faintly	faintly	ADV	_	83 sounding	advmod
85	from	from	ADP	_	88 mountain	case
86	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	88 mountain	det
87	cloudy	cloudy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	88 mountain	amod
88	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	83 sounding	obl
89	.	.	PUNCT	_	24 had	punct
90	”	"	PUNCT	_	24 had	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	present	Otehore		French Farm			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent above farm=Location
2	have	past		fairies's _ pa	the small piece of level ground on Otehore hapu		of that parts	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pa=Patient
3	gather	would	pas = pa		there	night	for pas's fairy meetings	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for meeting=Beneficiary
4	gather	present			the foggy weather	day		vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	see	could	no Maori eye	pas = pa				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus
6	hear	would · passive		pas's sweet fairy songs		then		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: song=Stimulus
7	play	past	the tunes				upon pas's flutes	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	sound	gerund			the cloudy mountain		faintly property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
9	sing		pas = pa					nom song «communication intransitive»: 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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Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, The Little People of the Mist., sentence 27