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title: Otokitoki--“The Place of Axes”--is the name of Godley Head, the loft… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Otokitoki--“The Place of Axes”--is the name of Godley Head, the lofty cliff upon which the lighthouse stands; its early-days _pakeha_ name was Cachalot Head. Who acts: Otokitoki, lighthouse, early days. A sentence of «Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand» by James Cowan, The P
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# Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, The Port Hills and Their Names., sentence 20

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Otokitoki--“The Place of Axes”--is the name of Godley Head, the lofty cliff upon which the lighthouse stands; its early-days \_pakeha\_ name was Cachalot Head.

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**Who acts:** Otokitoki, lighthouse, early days · **What happens:** be, stand · **To what, where:** name, lofty cliff, Cachalot Head

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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 (Otokitoki, lighthouse, early days), 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:pg73766:10:20
# text = Otokitoki--“The Place of Axes”--is the name of Godley Head, the lofty cliff upon which the lighthouse stands; its early-days _pakeha_ name was Cachalot Head.
1	Otokitoki	Otokitoki	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Axes	ax	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Godley	Godley	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	Head	Head	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	lofty	lofty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	cliff	cliff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	appos	_	_
20	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	24	obl	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	lighthouse	lighthouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	_
24	stands	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	29	punct	_	_
26	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	29	nmod:poss	_	_
27	early	early	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	nsubj	_	_
30	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	pakeha	pakeha	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	33	punct	_	_
33	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	appos	_	_
34	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	cop	_	_
35	Cachalot	Cachalot	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	compound	_	_
36	Head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	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 | **is a** | present | Otokitoki | the name |  |  |  | of Godley | tree rules |
| 2 | **stand** | present | the lighthouse |  |  | the lofty cliff |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon which=Location |
| 3 | **is a** | past | lighthouse's early days and pakeha | Cachalot Head |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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