--- title: So also the small island Hawaiki in Lake Rotorua of New Zealand, whe… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: So also the small island Hawaiki in Lake Rotorua of New Zealand, where the New Zealand legends say the ancestors of the Maoris placed the relics which they brought with them from their ancestral Hawaiki when they settled in New Zealand. Who acts: Zealand legends, ancestors. 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D. Westervelt, Legendary Home of the Polynesians. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Zealand legends, ancestors), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg66357:6:21 # text = So also the small island Hawaiki in Lake Rotorua of New Zealand, where the New Zealand legends say the ancestors of the Maoris placed the relics which they brought with them from their ancestral Hawaiki when they settled in New Zealand. 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 also also ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 Hawaiki Hawaiki PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 Lake Lake PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 Rotorua Rotorua PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 New New PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 flat _ _ 12 Zealand Zealand PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 19 advmod _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 New New PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 flat _ _ 17 Zealand Zealand PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 legends legend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 19 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 ancestors ancestor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Maoris Maoris PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 ccomp _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 relics relic NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 28 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 obj _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 ancestral ancestral ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 Hawaiki Hawaiki PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 37 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 39 advmod _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 settled settle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 New New PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 flat _ _ 42 Zealand Zealand PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Zealand legends | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **place** | past | the ancestors of the Maoris | the relics | | | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent relic=Theme | | 3 | **bring** | past | ancestors *= ancestor* | the relics | | islands's ancestral Hawaiki | | with islands *= island* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent which=Theme from hawaiki=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **settle** | past | ancestors *= ancestor* | | | New Zealand | | | vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in zealand=Location | 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:** «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. 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