--- title: And the Mamoe leader’s name still clings to that wild craggy spot wh… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: And the Mamoe leader’s name still clings to that wild craggy spot where he met his death blow, for the peak which the _pakeha_ has named Cooper’s Knobs was called by the Ngai-Tahu conquerors Omawete, meaning the place where Mawete fell. Who acts: name, spot, Tahu conquerors, Mawete. 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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 (name, spot, Tahu conquerors, Mawete), 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:pg73766:10:59 # text = And the Mamoe leader’s name still clings to that wild craggy spot where he met his death blow, for the peak which the _pakeha_ has named Cooper’s Knobs was called by the Ngai-Tahu conquerors Omawete, meaning the place where Mawete fell. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 Mamoe Mamoe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 leader leader NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ’s 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 still still ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 clings cling VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 nsubj _ _ 11 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 12 craggy craggy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 14 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 16 advmod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 18 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 peak peak NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 obj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 pakeha pakeha NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 28 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 30 punct _ _ 29 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl _ _ 31 Cooper Cooper PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ’s 's PART POS _ 31 case _ _ 33 Knobs Knobs PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 xcomp _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl:relcl _ _ 36 by by ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 38 Ngai Ngai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 Tahu Tahu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 conquerors conqueror NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 42 Omawete Omawete PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 meaning mean VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 49 advmod _ _ 48 Mawete Mawete PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 49 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cling** | present | the Mamoe leader's name | | | | still | to wild craggy spot that; for the peak | vn cling-22.5 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to spot=Co-Theme | | 2 | **meet** | past | spot | spot's death blow | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blow=Co-Agent | | 3 | **name** | present · perfect | | the pakeha *not said here* | | | | Cooper's Knobs *xcomp* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **call** | past · passive | the Tahu conquerors | the pakeha | | | | the peak *obj* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme which=Result | | 5 | **mean** | gerund | the Mamoe leader's name *not said here* | the place | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Topic | | 6 | **fall** | past | Mawete | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **name** | | the Mamoe leader | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **blow** | | spot | | | | | | nom blow «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/10/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/10/60/) - ↑ back to [The Port Hills and Their Names.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/10/)