Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, Mount Pleasant and Its “tapu.”, sentence 14

It was probably either a _tuahu_ or a burying-place; the _tuahu_ was the spot where the tribal gods, or, rather, their symbols in wood and stone, were kept, and where the wise men, the _tohungas_, resorted for incantation and occult ceremonies and the black art of the _makutu_, by which enemies might be slain though they were at a great distance, by thought transmission and the malignant projection of the will.

Who acts: belief, wise men, enemies · What happens: be, keep, resort, slay · To what, where: burying place, spot, tribal gods, enemies

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 (belief, wise men, enemies), 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 place	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 place	cop
3	probably	probably	ADV	_	13 place	advmod
4	either	either	CCONJ	_	13 place	cc:preconj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 tuahu	det
6	_	_	PUNCT	_	7 tuahu	punct
7	tuahu	tuahu	X	Foreign=Yes	13 place	nsubj
8	_	_	PUNCT	_	13 place	punct
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 place	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 place	det
11	burying	burying	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 place	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 burying	punct
13	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	17 tuahu	punct
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 tuahu	det
16	_	_	PUNCT	_	17 tuahu	punct
17	tuahu	tuahu	X	Foreign=Yes	13 place	conj
18	_	_	PUNCT	_	21 spot	punct
19	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 spot	cop
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 spot	det
21	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 tuahu	appos
22	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	39 kept	advmod
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 gods	det
24	tribal	tribal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 gods	amod
25	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 kept	nsubj:pass
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 symbols	punct
27	or	or	CCONJ	_	32 symbols	cc
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 or	punct
29	rather	rather	ADV	_	32 symbols	advmod
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 rather	punct
31	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	32 symbols	nmod:poss
32	symbols	symbol	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 gods	appos
33	in	in	ADP	_	34 wood	case
34	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 symbols	nmod
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 stone	cc
36	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 wood	conj
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 symbols	punct
38	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 kept	aux:pass
39	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 spot	acl:relcl
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 resorted	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 resorted	cc
42	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	52 resorted	advmod
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 men	det
44	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 men	amod
45	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 resorted	nsubj
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 tohungas	punct
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 tohungas	det
48	_	_	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 tohungas	amod
49	tohungas	tohunga	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 men	appos
50	_	_	PUNCT	_	49 tohungas	punct
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 resorted	punct
52	resorted	resort	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	39 kept	conj
53	for	for	ADP	_	54 incantation	case
54	incantation	incantation	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 resorted	obl
55	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 ceremonies	cc
56	occult	occult	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 ceremonies	compound
57	ceremonies	ceremony	NOUN	Number=Plur	54 incantation	conj
58	and	and	CCONJ	_	61 art	cc
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 art	det
60	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	61 art	amod
61	art	art	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 incantation	conj
62	of	of	ADP	_	65 makutu	case
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 makutu	det
64	_	_	PUNCT	_	65 makutu	punct
65	makutu	makutu	X	Foreign=Yes	61 art	nmod
66	_	_	PUNCT	_	52 resorted	punct
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	73 slain	punct
68	by	by	ADP	_	69 which	case
69	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	73 slain	obl
70	enemies	enemy	NOUN	Number=Plur	73 slain	nsubj:pass
71	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	73 slain	aux
72	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	73 slain	aux:pass
73	slain	slay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	52 resorted	conj
74	though	though	SCONJ	_	80 distance	mark
75	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	80 distance	nsubj
76	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	80 distance	cop
77	at	at	ADP	_	80 distance	case
78	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	80 distance	det
79	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	80 distance	amod
80	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 slain	advcl
81	,	,	PUNCT	_	84 transmission	punct
82	by	by	ADP	_	84 transmission	case
83	thought	thought	NOUN	Number=Sing	84 transmission	compound
84	transmission	transmission	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 distance	conj
85	and	and	CCONJ	_	88 projection	cc
86	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	88 projection	det
87	malignant	malignant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	88 projection	amod
88	projection	projection	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 distance	conj
89	of	of	ADP	_	91 will	case
90	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	91 will	det
91	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	88 projection	acl:relcl
92	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 place	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past	belief	a burying place	probably property	tree rules
2	is a	past		the spot		tree rules
3	keep	past · passive		the tribal gods		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
4	resort	participle	the wise men		for incantation and occult ceremonies and the black art of the makutu	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient
5	slay	might · passive		enemies	which obl	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
6	is	past	enemies = enemy		at a great distance and thought transmission and the malignant projection; thought transmission conj; the malignant projection conj	tree rules

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 14