--- title: The original name of the ridge leading southward from Dyer’s Pass, a… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: The original name of the ridge leading southward from Dyer’s Pass, and including Marley’s Hill, says Hone Taare Tikao of Rapaki, is Otu-Tohu-Kai, which being translated is “The Place Where the Food Was Pointed Out.” Who acts: ridge, original name, Taare. 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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 (ridge, original name, Taare), 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:pg73766:11:20 # text = The original name of the ridge leading southward from Dyer’s Pass, and including Marley’s Hill, says Hone Taare Tikao of Rapaki, is Otu-Tohu-Kai, which being translated is “The Place Where the Food Was Pointed Out.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 original original ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ridge ridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 leading lead VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 8 southward southward ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 Dyer Dyer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’s 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 Pass Pass PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 15 including include VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 case _ _ 16 Marley Marley PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ’s 's PART POS _ 16 case _ _ 18 Hill Hill PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 20 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 Hone hone NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod:desc _ _ 22 Taare Taare PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 23 Tikao Tikao PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 flat _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Rapaki Rapaki PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 28 Otu Otu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 Tohu Tohu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 Kai Kai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 translated translate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 acl:relcl _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 38 “ " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 Place Place PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 ccomp _ _ 41 Where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 45 advmod _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 Food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 Pointed point VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl:relcl _ _ 46 Out out ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lead** | gerund | the ridge *not said here* | | | Dyer's Pass | | southward *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent from pass=Destination | | 2 | **include** | gerund | | | | | | | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the original name of the ridge | | | | | include Marley | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | present | Taare Hone and Otu and Tohu and Kai *not said here* | Otu and Tohu and Kai | | | | Tohu *conj*; Kai *conj* | tree rules | | 5 | **translate** | gerund · passive | | Taare Hone and Otu and Tohu and Kai | | | | | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Taare Hone and Otu and Tohu and Kai | the Place | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **point out** *in a quote* | past · passive | | the Food | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 8 | **name** | | | the ridge | | | | | nom name «communication 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/11/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/11/21/) - ↑ back to [“the Crest of the Rainbow.”](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/11/)