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title: The _tino_ of the name, the place where it had its origin, was an an… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics
description: The _tino_ of the name, the place where it had its origin, was an ancient lagoon-swamp at the foot of the Cashmere Hills, which the river drained. Who acts: mokihi, tino, river. A sentence of «Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand» by James Cowan, The Port Hills and Their Names
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# Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, The Port Hills and Their Names., sentence 105

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The \_tino\_ of the name, the place where it had its origin, was an ancient lagoon-swamp at the foot of the Cashmere Hills, which the river drained.

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**Who acts:** mokihi, tino, river · **What happens:** have, be, drain · **To what, where:** origin, ancient lagoon swamp, foot

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This is a sentence of «Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand» by James Cowan, The Port Hills and Their Names.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (mokihi, tino, river), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg73766:10:105
# text = The _tino_ of the name, the place where it had its origin, was an ancient lagoon-swamp at the foot of the Cashmere Hills, which the river drained.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	tino	tino	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	7	punct	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
11	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	13	advmod	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
14	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	origin	origin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
17	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
18	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
19	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
20	lagoon	lagoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	swamp	swamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
23	at	at	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
28	Cashmere	Cashmere	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	compound	_	_
29	Hills	Hill	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	25	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
31	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	34	obj	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nsubj	_	_
34	drained	drain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	22	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | mokihi | mokihi's origin |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent origin=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the tino and the name | a ancient lagoon swamp |  | the foot of the Cashmere Hills |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **drain** | past | the river | a ancient lagoon swamp |  |  |  |  | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent which=Source |

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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.

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**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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