Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, Whitcombe & Tombs Limited, sentence 10
Some of the place-names were supplied by the late Mr. T. E. Green (Tame Kirini), of Tuahiwi, Kaiapoi, one of the last good native authorities on the ancient history of the plains.
What happens: supply · To what, where: Some
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The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 supplied | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 names | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 names | det |
| 4 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 names | compound |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 place | punct |
| 6 | names | name | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Some | nmod |
| 7 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 supplied | aux:pass |
| 8 | supplied | supply | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 15 Green | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Green | det |
| 11 | late | late | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 T. | amod |
| 12 | Mr. | Mr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 T. | nmod:desc |
| 13 | T. | T. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Green | compound |
| 14 | E. | E. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Green | compound |
| 15 | Green | Green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 supplied | obl |
| 16 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 18 Kirini | punct |
| 17 | Tame | Tame | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 Kirini | compound |
| 18 | Kirini | Kirini | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Green | conj |
| 19 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 18 Kirini | punct |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 Tuahiwi | punct |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 Tuahiwi | case |
| 22 | Tuahiwi | Tuahiwi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 Kirini | conj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 Kaiapoi | punct |
| 24 | Kaiapoi | Kaiapoi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 Kirini | conj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 one | punct |
| 26 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 18 Kirini | list |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 authorities | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 authorities | det |
| 29 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 authorities | amod |
| 30 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 authorities | amod |
| 31 | native | native | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 authorities | amod |
| 32 | authorities | authority | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 one | nmod |
| 33 | on | on | ADP | _ | 36 history | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 history | det |
| 35 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 history | amod |
| 36 | history | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 authorities | nmod |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 plains | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 plains | det |
| 39 | plains | plain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 history | nmod |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 supplied | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | supply | past · passive | Some of the place names | by the T. E. Green and Tame Kirini and Tuahiwi and Kaiapoi | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |
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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