--- title: The tradition is that nearly two centuries ago, when the Ngai-Tahu f… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: The tradition is that nearly two centuries ago, when the Ngai-Tahu from the North conquered this part of the country from the Ngati-Mamoe, a chief named Waitai ascended this height from Ohinetahi (now Governor’s Bay), taking with him Manuwhiri and other of the children of the chief Te Rangi-whakaput --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/11/21/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Ca…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/) / [“the Crest of the Rainbow.”](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/11/) / 21 # Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, “the Crest of the Rainbow.”, sentence 21 The tradition is that nearly two centuries ago, when the Ngai-Tahu from the North conquered this part of the country from the Ngati-Mamoe, a chief named Waitai ascended this height from Ohinetahi (now Governor’s Bay), taking with him Manuwhiri and other of the children of the chief Te Rangi-whakaputa who had taken possession of the harbour shores, in order to point out to them the good things of the great Plains. **Who acts:** tradition, Ngai Tahu, chief, whakaputa, Te · **What happens:** be, conquer, name, ascend, take, shore · **To what, where:** part, chief, height, Ngati Mamoe, Manuwhiri, possession This is a sentence of «Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand» by James Cowan, “the Crest of the Rainbow.”. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (tradition, Ngai Tahu, chief, 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:pg73766:11:21 # text = The tradition is that nearly two centuries ago, when the Ngai-Tahu from the North conquered this part of the country from the Ngati-Mamoe, a chief named Waitai ascended this height from Ohinetahi (now Governor’s Bay), taking with him Manuwhiri and other of the children of the chief Te Rangi-whakaputa who had taken possession of the harbour shores, in order to point out to them the good things of the great Plains. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 tradition tradition NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 centuries century NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 ago ago ADV RB _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 Ngai Ngai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 Tahu Tahu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 15 from from ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 North North PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 conquered conquer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 19 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 det _ _ 20 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 from from ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 Ngati Ngati PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Mamoe Mamoe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 32 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl _ _ 33 Waitai Waitai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 xcomp _ _ 34 ascended ascend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 35 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 36 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 from from ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 Ohinetahi Ohinetahi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 43 advmod _ _ 41 Governor Governor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’s 's PART POS _ 41 case _ _ 43 Bay Bay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 47 with with ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ _ 49 Manuwhiri Manuwhiri PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 conj _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obl _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ _ 58 Te Te PROPN NNP Number=Sing 69 nsubj _ _ 59 Rangi Rangi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 60 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 whakaputa whakaputa NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 nsubj _ _ 62 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 64 nsubj _ _ 63 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 64 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 61 acl:relcl _ _ 65 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obj _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 harbour harbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nmod _ _ 69 shores shore VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 71 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 74 mark _ _ 72 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 fixed _ _ 73 to to PART TO _ 74 mark _ _ 74 point point VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 69 conj _ _ 75 out out ADP RP _ 74 compound:prt _ _ 76 to to ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 77 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 74 obl _ _ 78 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 80 det _ _ 79 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 80 amod _ _ 80 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 74 obj _ _ 81 of of ADP IN _ 84 case _ _ 82 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 84 det _ _ 83 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 84 amod _ _ 84 Plains Plain PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 80 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 85 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the tradition | | | | century | ago *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **conquer** | past | the Ngai Tahu from the North | this part of the country | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Patient | | 3 | **name** | participle | | a chief *not said here* | | | | Waitai *xcomp* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **ascend** | past | a chief | this height | | the Ngati Mamoe | | from Ohinetahi | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme height=Trajectory | | 5 | **take** | gerund | a chief *not said here* | | Manuwhiri | | | with chief | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument manuwhiri=Destination | | 6 | **take** | past · perfect | whakaputa | possession of the harbour | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent possession=Theme | | 7 | **shore** | present | Te | the chief *not said here* | | | | whakaputa *nsubj* | tree rules | | 8 | **point out** | to-infinitive | Te *not said here* | the good things of the great Plains | children *= child* | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent thing=Theme to they=Recipient | | 9 | **possess** | | | the harbour | | | | | nom possession «act 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/11/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/11/22/) - ↑ back to [“the Crest of the Rainbow.”](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/11/)