--- title: Corsair Bay was named by Te Rangi-whakaputa, Motu-kauati-iti, meanin… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: Corsair Bay was named by Te Rangi-whakaputa, Motu-kauati-iti, meaning “Little Fire-making Tree-grove,” and Cass Bay was Motu-kauati-rahi, or “Great Fire-making Tree-grove.” Who acts: Te, Cass Bay, Great Fire. 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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 (Te, Cass Bay, Great Fire), 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:pg73766:10:74 # text = Corsair Bay was named by Te Rangi-whakaputa, Motu-kauati-iti, meaning “Little Fire-making Tree-grove,” and Cass Bay was Motu-kauati-rahi, or “Great Fire-making Tree-grove.” 1 Corsair Corsair PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 Bay Bay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Te Te PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 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 _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 Motu Motu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 kauati kauati NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 iti iti NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 meaning mean VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 18 “ " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 Fire Fire PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 making make VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 36 csubj _ _ 23 Tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 grove grove NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ” " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 Cass Cass PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 Bay Bay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 32 Motu Motu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 kauati kauati NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 rahi rahi NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 38 or or CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 39 “ " PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 Great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 Fire Fire PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ _ 44 Tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 grove grove NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **name** | past · passive | Te | Corsair Bay | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 2 | **mean** | gerund | Te *not said here* | Little Fire | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Topic | | 3 | **make** *in a quote* | gerund | | Tree grove | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset grove=Product | | 4 | **is a** | past | Cass Bay | Motu kauati rahi | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **make** *in a quote* | gerund | Great Fire | Tree grove | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grove=Product | 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/10/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/10/75/) - ↑ back to [The Port Hills and Their Names.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/10/)