Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, Mount Pleasant and Its “tapu.”, sentence 11

In Ngai-Tahu times, after Te Rangi-Whakaputa had conquered this _pa_ in the course of his subjugation of the Whaka-Raupo aborigines, the vicinity was found by the Ngai-Tahu to be a very suitable spot for such vegetable foods as the _korau_ and the _pora_, or _pohata_, now extinct; the roots, which were sweet, were dried in the sun and stored in _ruas_, or underground pits and earthed-in storehouses, as potatoes and _kumara_ are now.

Who acts: Ngai Tahu, roots, Rangi · What happens: conquer, find, be, dry, store, earth · To what, where: Tahu times, Ngai, vicinity, suitable spot, roots, sun

This is a sentence of «Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand» by James Cowan, Mount Pleasant and Its “tapu.”. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ngai Tahu, roots, Rangi), 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	_	2 Ngai	case
2	Ngai	Ngai	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 conquered	obl
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 Ngai	punct
4	Tahu	Tahu	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 times	compound
5	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 conquered	nsubj:pass
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 conquered	punct
7	after	after	SCONJ	_	13 conquered	mark
8	Te	te	PUNCT	_	7 after	punct
9	Rangi	Rangi	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 conquered	nsubj:pass
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 Rangi	punct
11	Whakaputa	Whakaputa	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Rangi	flat
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 conquered	aux
13	conquered	conquer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
14	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	16 pa	det
15	_	_	PUNCT	_	16 pa	punct
16	pa	pa	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 conquered	obj
17	_	_	PUNCT	_	13 conquered	punct
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 course	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 course	det
20	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 conquered	obl
21	of	of	ADP	_	23 subjugation	case
22	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 subjugation	nmod:poss
23	subjugation	subjugation	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 course	nmod
24	of	of	ADP	_	29 aborigines	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 aborigines	det
26	Whaka	Whaka	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 Raupo	compound
27	-	-	PUNCT	_	26 Whaka	punct
28	Raupo	Raupo	PROPN	Number=Sing	29 aborigines	compound
29	aborigines	aborigine	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 subjugation	nmod
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 found	punct
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 vicinity	det
32	vicinity	vicinity	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 found	nsubj:pass
33	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 found	aux:pass
34	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	29 aborigines	acl:relcl
35	by	by	ADP	_	39 Tahu	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 Tahu	det
37	Ngai	Ngai	PROPN	Number=Sing	39 Tahu	compound
38	-	-	PUNCT	_	37 Ngai	punct
39	Tahu	Tahu	PROPN	Number=Sing	34 found	obl
40	to	to	PART	_	45 spot	mark
41	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	45 spot	cop
42	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	45 spot	det
43	very	very	ADV	_	44 suitable	advmod
44	suitable	suitable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 spot	amod
45	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 found	advcl
46	for	for	ADP	_	49 foods	case
47	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 foods	amod
48	vegetable	vegetable	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 foods	compound
49	foods	food	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 spot	nmod
50	as	as	ADP	_	53 korau	case
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 korau	det
52	_	_	PUNCT	_	53 korau	punct
53	korau	korau	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 found	obl
54	_	_	PUNCT	_	13 conquered	punct
55	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 pora	cc
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 pora	det
57	_	_	PUNCT	_	58 pora	punct
58	pora	pora	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 conquered	conj
59	_	_	PUNCT	_	13 conquered	punct
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 pohata	punct
61	or	or	CCONJ	_	63 pohata	cc
62	_	_	PUNCT	_	63 pohata	punct
63	pohata	pohata	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 conquered	obl
64	_	_	PUNCT	_	13 conquered	punct
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 extinct	punct
66	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	67 extinct	advmod
67	extinct	extinct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 conquered	conj
68	;	;	PUNCT	_	70 roots	punct
69	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	70 roots	det
70	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	104 now	nsubj
71	,	,	PUNCT	_	74 sweet	punct
72	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	74 sweet	nsubj
73	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	74 sweet	cop
74	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	70 roots	acl:relcl
75	,	,	PUNCT	_	77 dried	punct
76	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	77 dried	aux:pass
77	dried	dry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	70 roots	acl
78	in	in	ADP	_	80 sun	case
79	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	80 sun	det
80	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 dried	obl
81	and	and	CCONJ	_	82 stored	cc
82	stored	store	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	77 dried	conj
83	in	in	ADP	_	85 ruas	case
84	_	_	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	85 ruas	nummod
85	ruas	rua	NOUN	Number=Plur	82 stored	obl
86	_	_	PUNCT	_	82 stored	punct
87	,	,	PUNCT	_	90 pits	punct
88	or	or	CCONJ	_	90 pits	cc
89	underground	underground	ADJ	Degree=Pos	90 pits	amod
90	pits	pit	NOUN	Number=Plur	70 roots	conj
91	and	and	CCONJ	_	95 storehouses	cc
92	earthed	earth	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	95 storehouses	amod
93	-	-	PUNCT	_	92 earthed	punct
94	in	in	ADP	_	95 storehouses	case
95	storehouses	storehouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	90 pits	conj
96	,	,	PUNCT	_	98 potatoes	punct
97	as	as	ADP	_	98 potatoes	case
98	potatoes	potato	NOUN	Number=Plur	70 roots	conj
99	and	and	CCONJ	_	101 kumara	cc
100	_	_	PUNCT	_	101 kumara	punct
101	kumara	kumara	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 roots	conj
102	_	_	PUNCT	_	70 roots	punct
103	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	104 now	cop
104	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 conquered	advmod
105	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 conquered	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	conquer	past · perfect · passive		Tahu times	Ngai	in the course of Rangi's subjugation of the Raupo aborigines; pohata obl; Rangi nsubj:pass; this pa obj; the pora conj	tree rules
2	find	past · passive	the Ngai Tahu	the vicinity		as the korau	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent subject=Theme as korau=Attribute
3	is a	to-infinitive	the Ngai Tahu not said here	a suitable spot		for such vegetable foods	tree rules
4	is	past	the roots or underground pits and earthed storehouses and potatoes and kumara			sweet property	tree rules
5	dry	past · passive		the roots or underground pits and earthed storehouses and potatoes and kumara not said here	the sun		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»
6	store	participle			_ ruas		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in rua=Location
7	earth	participle					tree rules
8	is	present	the roots or underground pits and earthed storehouses and potatoes and kumara			now property	tree rules
9	subjugate		Rangi	the Raupo aborigines			nom subjugation «state transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

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, Mount Pleasant and Its “tapu.”, sentence 11