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title: The explanation brings in a reference to the religion of the tattooe… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics
description: The explanation brings in a reference to the religion of the tattooed pagan pioneers who explored those hills and plains, and planted their palisaded hamlets by creek-side and in the sheltered folds of the ranges. Who acts: explanation, tattooed pagan pioneers. A sentence of «Maori folk-tales of the
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# Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, The Port Hills and Their Names., sentence 5

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The explanation brings in a reference to the religion of the tattooed pagan pioneers who explored those hills and plains, and planted their palisaded hamlets by creek-side and in the sheltered folds of the ranges.

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**Who acts:** explanation, tattooed pagan pioneers · **What happens:** bring, tattoo, explore, plant, palisade, shelter · **To what, where:** reference, hills, palisaded hamlets

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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 (explanation, tattooed pagan pioneers), 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:pg73766:10:5
# text = The explanation brings in a reference to the religion of the tattooed pagan pioneers who explored those hills and plains, and planted their palisaded hamlets by creek-side and in the sheltered folds of the ranges.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	explanation	explanation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	brings	bring	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	religion	religion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	tattooed	tattoo	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	amod	_	_
13	pagan	pagan	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	pioneers	pioneer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
15	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
16	explored	explore	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	acl:relcl	_	_
17	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	18	det	_	_
18	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	plains	plain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	planted	plant	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
24	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
25	palisaded	palisade	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	26	amod	_	_
26	hamlets	hamlet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obj	_	_
27	by	by	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
28	creek	creek	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	28	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
32	in	in	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
34	sheltered	shelter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	35	amod	_	_
35	folds	fold	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	conj	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	ranges	range	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | present | the explanation |  |  | a reference |  | to the religion of the tattooed pagan pioneers | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to religion=Destination |
| 2 | **tattoo** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **explore** | past | the tattooed pagan pioneers | that hills and plains |  |  |  |  | vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent hill=Location |
| 4 | **plant** | past |  | Plains's palisaded hamlets |  |  |  | by creek side and the sheltered folds of the ranges | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hamlet=Theme by side=Destination |
| 5 | **palisade** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **shelter** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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