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title: After the Rangi-whakaputa and his merry men had conquered the variou… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics
description: After the Rangi-whakaputa and his merry men had conquered the various Ngati-Mamoe _pas_ around the harbour, they found frequent diversion in hunting out stray members of the fugitive _hapus_ and converting them to a useful purpose through the medium of the oven. Who acts: names. A sentence of «Maori
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# Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, The Port Hills and Their Names., sentence 55

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After the Rangi-whakaputa and his merry men had conquered the various Ngati-Mamoe \_pas\_ around the harbour, they found frequent diversion in hunting out stray members of the fugitive \_hapus\_ and converting them to a useful purpose through the medium of the oven.

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**Who acts:** names · **What happens:** conquer, find, hunt out, convert · **To what, where:** various Ngati pas, harbour, frequent diversion, stray members, names, medium

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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 (names), 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:pg73766:10:55
# text = After the Rangi-whakaputa and his merry men had conquered the various Ngati-Mamoe _pas_ around the harbour, they found frequent diversion in hunting out stray members of the fugitive _hapus_ and converting them to a useful purpose through the medium of the oven.
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	Rangi	Rangi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	whakaputa	whakaputa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	merry	merry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
10	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	conquered	conquer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
13	various	various	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
14	Ngati	Ngati	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	Mamoe	Mamoe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	flat	_	_
17	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	pas	pa	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	11	punct	_	_
20	around	around	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	harbour	harbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
24	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
25	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	parataxis	_	_
26	frequent	frequent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	diversion	diversion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	_
28	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	29	mark	_	_
29	hunting	hunt	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	25	advcl	_	_
30	out	out	ADP	RP	_	29	compound:prt	_	_
31	stray	stray	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	members	member	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	obj	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	fugitive	fugitive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	_
36	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	37	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	hapus	hapus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	25	punct	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
40	converting	convert	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	25	conj	_	_
41	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	obj	_	_
42	to	to	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
43	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
44	useful	useful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	_
45	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obl	_	_
46	through	through	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	medium	medium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obl	_	_
49	of	of	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	oven	oven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conquer** | past · perfect |  | the various Ngati pas |  | the harbour | after the Rangi whakaputa and Head's merry men |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pa=Patient |
| 2 | **find** | past | names *= name* | frequent diversion |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent diversion=Topic |
| 3 | **hunt out** | gerund | names *= name* *not said here* | stray members of the fugitive |  |  |  | hapus *obl* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent member=Theme |
| 4 | **convert** | gerund | names *= name* *not said here* | names *= name* |  | the medium of the oven |  | to a useful purpose *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent they=Patient to purpose=Result |

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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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