--- title: On the tussocky slope where the track goes over from the St. Martins… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: On the tussocky slope where the track goes over from the St. Martins tram terminus to the Summit Road above Rapaki, joining the hill track near Witch Hill, the _tohungas_ kept in a sacred place one of the wooden figures representing Kahukura, for _karakia_, consultation in time of need, and the spot --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/10/14/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Ca…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/) / [The Port Hills and Their Names.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/10/) / 14 # Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, The Port Hills and Their Names., sentence 14 On the tussocky slope where the track goes over from the St. Martins tram terminus to the Summit Road above Rapaki, joining the hill track near Witch Hill, the \_tohungas\_ kept in a sacred place one of the wooden figures representing Kahukura, for \_karakia\_, consultation in time of need, and the spot became known as “Te Irika o Kahukura,” or “The Uplifting of the Rainbow God.” **Who acts:** track, Martins, wooden figures, karakia · **What happens:** go over, tram, join, keep, represent, become · **To what, where:** tussocky slope, terminus, hill track, Witch Hill, \_ tohungas, sacred place 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 (track, Martins, wooden figures, karakia), 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:pg73766:10:14 # text = On the tussocky slope where the track goes over from the St. Martins tram terminus to the Summit Road above Rapaki, joining the hill track near Witch Hill, the _tohungas_ kept in a sacred place one of the wooden figures representing Kahukura, for _karakia_, consultation in time of need, and the spot became known as “Te Irika o Kahukura,” or “The Uplifting of the Rainbow God.” 1 On on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 tussocky tussocky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 slope slope NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 5 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 8 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 track track NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 over over ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 from from SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 St. St. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod:desc _ _ 13 Martins Martin PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 14 tram tram VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 15 terminus terminus NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 Summit Summit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 Road Road PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 20 above above ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Rapaki Rapaki PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 joining join VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 track track NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 27 near near ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 Witch Witch PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 Hill Hill PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 _ _ ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 tohungas tohunga NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 34 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 35 punct _ _ 35 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 sacred sacred ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 flat _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 figures figure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ _ 45 representing represent VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 44 acl _ _ 46 Kahukura Kahukura PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 48 for for SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 49 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 62 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 karakia karakia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 consultation consultation NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 appos _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 need need NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nsubj _ _ 62 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 63 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 62 xcomp _ _ 64 as as ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 65 “ " PUNCT `` _ 67 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 Te Te PROPN NNP Number=Sing 67 compound _ _ 67 Irika Irika PROPN NNP Number=Sing 63 obl _ _ 68 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 69 case _ _ 69 Kahukura Kahukura PROPN NNP Number=Sing 67 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 ” " PUNCT '' _ 67 punct _ _ 72 or or CCONJ CC _ 75 cc _ _ 73 “ " PUNCT `` _ 75 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 74 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 75 Uplifting uplifting NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 conj _ _ 76 of of ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 77 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 78 Rainbow Rainbow PROPN NNP Number=Sing 79 compound _ _ 79 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 75 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 80 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 81 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go over** | present | the track | | | the tussocky slope | | over *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on slope=Location | | 2 | **tram** | present | the Martins St. | terminus | | | | to the Summit Road above Rapaki *result* | vn vehicle-51.4.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent terminus=Theme to road=Result | | 3 | **join** | gerund | the track *not said here* | the hill track | | Witch Hill | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent track=Patient | | 4 | **keep** | participle | | the \_ tohungas *not said here* | | a sacred place | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in place=Location | | 5 | **represent** | gerund | the wooden figures *not said here* | Kahukura | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot kahukura=Theme | | 6 | **become** | past | karakia | | | | | the spot *nsubj* | tree rules | | 7 | **know** | participle | karakia *not said here* | | | | | as Te Irika of Kahukura or the Uplifting of the Rainbow God | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as irika=Attribute | | 8 | **uplift** *in a quote* | | | the Rainbow God | | | | | nom uplifting «event transitive»: 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. - ← previous: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/10/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/10/15/) - ↑ back to [The Port Hills and Their Names.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/10/)