--- title: It was here, at the head of Governor’s Bay, that the stockaded pa Oh… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: It was here, at the head of Governor’s Bay, that the stockaded pa Ohinetahi stood; it was occupied by Te Rangi-whakaputa’s son after the dispersal of the Ngati-Mamoe tribe in these parts more than two hundred years ago. Who acts: Harbour, stockaded pa. 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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 (Harbour, stockaded pa), 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:pg73766:10:72 # text = It was here, at the head of Governor’s Bay, that the stockaded pa Ohinetahi stood; it was occupied by Te Rangi-whakaputa’s son after the dispersal of the Ngati-Mamoe tribe in these parts more than two hundred years ago. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 Governor Governor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’s 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 Bay Bay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 stockaded stockade VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 amod _ _ 16 pa pa NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 17 Ohinetahi Ohinetahi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 appos _ _ 18 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 22 occupied occupied ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 advcl _ _ 23 by by ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 Te Te PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 25 Rangi Rangi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 whakaputa whakaputa NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ’s 's PART POS _ 27 case _ _ 29 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 appos _ _ 30 after after ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 dispersal dispersal NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 35 Ngati Ngati PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Mamoe Mamoe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 tribe tribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 41 det _ _ 41 parts part NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 42 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV 45 advmod _ _ 43 than than ADP IN _ 42 fixed _ _ 44 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 45 compound _ _ 45 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 46 nummod _ _ 46 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl:unmarked _ _ 47 ago ago ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Harbour | | | the head of Governor's Bay | | here *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **stockade** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **stand** | past | the stockaded pa | | | this parts | after the dispersal of the Mamoe tribe | ago *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in part=Location | | 4 | **is** | past | Harbour | | | | | by Te; occupied *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **disperse** | | | the Mamoe tribe | | | | | nom dispersal «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/10/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/10/73/) - ↑ back to [The Port Hills and Their Names.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/10/)