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title: The eggs (_hua_) of the sea-fowl were esteemed delicacies, especiall… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics
description: The eggs (_hua_) of the sea-fowl were esteemed delicacies, especially by the children (_tamariki_), who were fond of roasting them on their island expeditions. Who acts: eggs, tamariki. A sentence of «Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand» by James Cowan, The Port Hills and The
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# Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, The Port Hills and Their Names., sentence 89

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The eggs (\_hua\_) of the sea-fowl were esteemed delicacies, especially by the children (\_tamariki\_), who were fond of roasting them on their island expeditions.

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**Who acts:** eggs, tamariki · **What happens:** esteem, be, roast · **To what, where:** esteemed delicacies, eggs

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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 (eggs, tamariki), 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:pg73766:10:89
# text = The eggs (_hua_) of the sea-fowl were esteemed delicacies, especially by the children (_tamariki_), who were fond of roasting them on their island expeditions.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
3	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	hua	hua	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	fowl	fowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
13	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	esteemed	esteem	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	amod	_	_
15	delicacies	delicacy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
18	by	by	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	appos	_	_
21	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	tamariki	tamariki	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
27	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	29	nsubj	_	_
28	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	cop	_	_
29	fond	fond	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	parataxis	_	_
30	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	31	mark	_	_
31	roasting	roast	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	29	advcl	_	_
32	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	obj	_	_
33	on	on	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
34	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	36	nmod:poss	_	_
35	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	compound	_	_
36	expeditions	expedition	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **esteem** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the eggs and hua of the sea fowl | esteemed delicacies |  |  |  | the children *appos* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | past | tamariki |  |  |  |  | fond *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **roast** | gerund | tamariki *not said here* | eggs *= egg* |  |  |  | on eggs's island expeditions | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent they=Patient on expedition=Instrument |

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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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