--- title: But when the Rangi-whakaputa conquered the inhabitants of Te Whaka-r… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: But when the Rangi-whakaputa conquered the inhabitants of Te Whaka-raupo, he took the island and named it Ripapa--its first name is forgotten--and he built a _pa_ on the spot where the fort of the _pakeha_ artillery-men now stands. Who acts: Rangi whakaputa, raupo, fort, whakaputa. 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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 (Rangi whakaputa, raupo, fort, whakaputa), 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:pg73766:10:85 # text = But when the Rangi-whakaputa conquered the inhabitants of Te Whaka-raupo, he took the island and named it Ripapa--its first name is forgotten--and he built a _pa_ on the spot where the fort of the _pakeha_ artillery-men now stands. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 Rangi Rangi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 whakaputa whakaputa NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 conquered conquer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 inhabitants inhabitant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Te Te PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 Whaka Whaka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 raupo raupo NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 named name VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 Ripapa Ripapa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 -- -- PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 26 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 27 amod _ _ 27 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 forgotten forget VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 -- -- PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 built build VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 _ _ ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 pa pa NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 33 punct _ _ 38 on on ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 41 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 53 advmod _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 fort fort NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 pakeha pakeha NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 51 punct _ _ 49 artillery artillery NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 50 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obl _ _ 52 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 53 advmod _ _ 53 stands stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **conquer** | past | the Rangi whakaputa | the inhabitants of Te | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inhabitant=Patient | | 2 | **take** | past | raupo | the island | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent island=Theme | | 3 | **name** | past | raupo *not said here* | whakaputa | | | | Ripapa *xcomp* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 4 | **forget** | present · passive | | whakaputa's first name | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **build** | past | raupo | a \_ pa | | the spot | | | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent pa=Theme on spot=Source | | 6 | **stand** | present | the fort of the pakeha | artillery men | | | now | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **name** | | whakaputa | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: 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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/10/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/10/86/) - ↑ back to [The Port Hills and Their Names.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/10/)