--- title: They made water-bags of seaweed, the great bull kelp, which they spl… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: They made water-bags of seaweed, the great bull kelp, which they split and made watertight, and these _poha_ henceforth became as necessary to the kit of a trans-“Pakihi” traveller as a water-bottle is to the soldier in the field to-day. Who acts: Plains, great bull kelp, poha, necessary. 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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 (Plains, great bull kelp, poha, necessary), 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:pg73766:10:95 # text = They made water-bags of seaweed, the great bull kelp, which they split and made watertight, and these _poha_ henceforth became as necessary to the kit of a trans-“Pakihi” traveller as a water-bottle is to the soldier in the field to-day. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 bags bag NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 seaweed seaweed NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 bull bull NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 kelp kelp NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 split split VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 19 watertight watertight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 22 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 23 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 poha poha X FW Foreign=Yes 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 24 punct _ _ 26 henceforth henceforth ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 28 as as ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 necessary necessary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 nsubj _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 kit kit NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 35 trans tran PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 “ " PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 Pakihi Pakihi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ” " PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ 40 traveller traveller NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 41 as as ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 43 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 bottle bottle NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 46 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 xcomp _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 53 to to ADP IN _ 55 case _ SpaceAfter=No 54 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | Plains *= plain* | water bags of seaweed | | | | the great bull kelp *parataxis* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bag=Product | | 2 | **split** | past | the great bull kelp | | | | | Plains *= plain* *nsubj* | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **make** | past | the great bull kelp *not said here* | | | | | watertight *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 4 | **become** | past | this poha | | | | | henceforth *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **is** | present | necessary to the kit of a Pakihi traveller trans as a water bottle | | | the field to day | | to the soldier | tree rules | 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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/10/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/10/96/) - ↑ back to [The Port Hills and Their Names.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/10/)