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title: The story is that when Te Rangi-whakaputa and his followers landed,… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics
description: The story is that when Te Rangi-whakaputa and his followers landed, in their search for the Ngati-Mamoe, after taking the _pa_ at Ohinetahi, in Governor’s Bay, the scouts entered the bush, and at the foot of Cass Peak heard the voices of a party of men in the bush; these men were Ngati-Mamoe, who ha
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# Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, The Port Hills and Their Names., sentence 41

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The story is that when Te Rangi-whakaputa and his followers landed, in their search for the Ngati-Mamoe, after taking the \_pa\_ at Ohinetahi, in Governor’s Bay, the scouts entered the bush, and at the foot of Cass Peak heard the voices of a party of men in the bush; these men were Ngati-Mamoe, who had come across from their \_pa\_ at Manuka, on the plains side of the range.

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**Who acts:** story, scouts, foot, men, Ngati, followers · **What happens:** be, take, enter, hear, come, search · **To what, where:** search, \_ pa, Ohinetahi, bush, voices, Ngati

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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 (story, scouts, foot, men), 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:pg73766:10:41
# text = The story is that when Te Rangi-whakaputa and his followers landed, in their search for the Ngati-Mamoe, after taking the _pa_ at Ohinetahi, in Governor’s Bay, the scouts entered the bush, and at the foot of Cass Peak heard the voices of a party of men in the bush; these men were Ngati-Mamoe, who had come across from their _pa_ at Manuka, on the plains side of the range.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
6	Te	Te	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
7	Rangi	Rangi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	whakaputa	whakaputa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	followers	follower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
13	landed	land	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	search	search	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
20	Ngati	Ngati	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	Mamoe	Mamoe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
24	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
25	taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
27	_	_	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	pa	pa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	25	punct	_	_
30	at	at	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	Ohinetahi	Ohinetahi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
33	in	in	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
34	Governor	Governor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	’s	's	PART	POS	_	34	case	_	_
36	Bay	Bay	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	scouts	scout	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	nsubj	_	_
40	entered	enter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	acl:relcl	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	bush	bush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	_
45	at	at	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	nsubj	_	_
48	of	of	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	Cass	Cass	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	nmod	_	_
50	Peak	Peak	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	49	flat	_	_
51	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	voices	voice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	obj	_	_
54	of	of	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	nmod	_	_
57	of	of	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
58	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	56	nmod	_	_
59	in	in	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
60	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
61	bush	bush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	66	punct	_	_
63	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	64	det	_	_
64	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	66	nsubj	_	_
65	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	66	cop	_	_
66	Ngati	Ngati	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	68	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	Mamoe	Mamoe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	66	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	72	punct	_	_
70	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	72	nsubj	_	_
71	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	72	aux	_	_
72	come	come	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	66	acl	_	_
73	across	across	ADV	RB	_	72	advmod	_	_
74	from	from	ADP	IN	_	77	case	_	_
75	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	77	nmod:poss	_	_
76	_	_	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	77	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
77	pa	pa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	72	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
78	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	72	punct	_	_
79	at	at	ADP	IN	_	80	case	_	_
80	Manuka	Manuka	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	72	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
81	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	85	punct	_	_
82	on	on	ADP	IN	_	85	case	_	_
83	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	85	det	_	_
84	plains	plain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	85	compound	_	_
85	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	66	appos	_	_
86	of	of	ADP	IN	_	88	case	_	_
87	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	88	det	_	_
88	range	range	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	85	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
89	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the story |  |  | followers's search for the Ngati Mamoe |  | in Governor's Bay; Te and Te's followers *nsubj*; land *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** | gerund | the story *not said here* | the \_ pa |  | Ohinetahi |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent pa=Theme at ohinetahi=Asset |
| 3 | **enter** | past | the scouts | the bush |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bush=Destination |
| 4 | **hear** | past | the foot of Cass | the voices of a party of men in the bush |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus |
| 5 | **is a** | past | this men | Ngati |  |  |  | the plains side of the range *appos* | tree rules |
| 6 | **come** | past · perfect | Ngati |  |  | Voices's \_ pa |  | at Manuka; across *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from pa=Initial\_Location |
| 7 | **search** |  | followers *= follower* |  |  |  |  | for the Ngati Mamoe | nom search «act transitive»: poss=agent for=obl |

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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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