--- title: “_O_” signifies “the place of,” “_kete_” basket and “_upoko_” head,… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: “_O_” signifies “the place of,” “_kete_” basket and “_upoko_” head, and thus was the place named, to memorise the tattooed brown conqueror of old and the ancient people whom he dispossessed on the shores of the Whangaraupo. Who acts: warrior. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (warrior), 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:pg73766:10:35 # text = “_O_” signifies “the place of,” “_kete_” basket and “_upoko_” head, and thus was the place named, to memorise the tattooed brown conqueror of old and the ancient people whom he dispossessed on the shores of the Whangaraupo. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 O o X GW _ 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 signifies signify VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ” " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 kete kete NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 16 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ” " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ 18 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 “ " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 upoko upoko NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 25 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 thus thus ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl:unmarked _ _ 32 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 memorise memorise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 tattooed tattoo VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 amod _ _ 38 brown brown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 conqueror conqueror NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 41 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ _ 46 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 48 obj _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 dispossessed dispossess VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ _ 49 on on ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 shores shore NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 Whangaraupo Whangaraupo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **signify** | present | | the place of kete basket and upoko | | | | head *obl:unmarked* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot place=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | past | | the place | | | | thus *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **name** | participle | | | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **memorise** | to-infinitive | | the tattooed brown conqueror of the old ancient people | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **tattoo** | participle | | | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **dispossess** | past | warrior | the old ancient people | | the shores of the Whangaraupo | | | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Source | 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/10/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/10/36/) - ↑ back to [The Port Hills and Their Names.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/10/)