--- title: Orongomai, a melodious name when properly pronounced, is the old Nga… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: Orongomai, a melodious name when properly pronounced, is the old Ngai-Tahu name of Cass Peak, the rhyolite height which lifts 1780 ft. above the waters of Governor’s Bay, overlooking the remnant of the ancient forest at Kennedy’s Bush. Who acts: Orongomai, rhyolite height. 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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 (Orongomai, rhyolite height), 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:pg73766:10:38 # text = Orongomai, a melodious name when properly pronounced, is the old Ngai-Tahu name of Cass Peak, the rhyolite height which lifts 1780 ft. above the waters of Governor’s Bay, overlooking the remnant of the ancient forest at Kennedy’s Bush. 1 Orongomai Orongomai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 melodious melodious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 properly properly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 pronounced pronounce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 12 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 13 Ngai Ngai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Tahu Tahu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 Cass Cass PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 Peak Peak PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 rhyolite rhyolite NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 appos _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 25 lifts lift VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 26 1780 1780 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 27 nummod _ _ 27 ft. Ft. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 above above ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 Governor Governor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ’s 's PART POS _ 32 case _ _ 34 Bay Bay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 overlooking overlook VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 remnant remnant NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 43 at at ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 Kennedy Kennedy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ’s 's PART POS _ 44 case _ _ 46 Bush Bush PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pronounce** | participle | | | | | | properly *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | Orongomai | the old Tahu name | | | | of Cass Peak | tree rules | | 3 | **lift** | present | the rhyolite height | 1780 ft. | | the waters of Governor's Bay | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ft.=Theme above water=Destination | | 4 | **overlook** | gerund | the rhyolite height *not said here* | the remnant of the ancient forest | | Kennedy's Bush | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remnant=Theme | 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/10/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/10/39/) - ↑ back to [The Port Hills and Their Names.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/10/)