--- title: Such were the foods of this Wai-pounamu; and so good seemed the land… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: Such were the foods of this Wai-pounamu; and so good seemed the land to those conquistadors as they stood there on the windy height surveying the great new country fallen into their hands, that they decided to remain in so promising a place; and it is their descendants who people Rapaki and other _k --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/11/27/) [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/) / 27 # Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, “the Crest of the Rainbow.”, sentence 27 Such were the foods of this Wai-pounamu; and so good seemed the land to those conquistadors as they stood there on the windy height surveying the great new country fallen into their hands, that they decided to remain in so promising a place; and it is their descendants who people Rapaki and other \_kaingas\_ to-day. **Who acts:** Such foods, conquistadors, windy height, Food, descendants · **What happens:** be, seem, stand, survey, fall, decide · **To what, where:** Such foods, land, windy height, great new country, hands, place 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 (Such foods, conquistadors, windy height, Food), 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:pg73766:11:27 # text = Such were the foods of this Wai-pounamu; and so good seemed the land to those conquistadors as they stood there on the windy height surveying the great new country fallen into their hands, that they decided to remain in so promising a place; and it is their descendants who people Rapaki and other _kaingas_ to-day. 1 Such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 foods food NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 nsubj _ _ 7 Wai Wai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 pounamu pounamu X FW Foreign=Yes 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 nsubj _ _ 14 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 19 det _ _ 19 conquistadors conquistador NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 23 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ _ 24 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 windy windy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 28 surveying survey VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 acl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 30 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 31 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 33 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl _ _ 34 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 decided decide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 in in SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 so so ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 promising promise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 42 advcl _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ; ; PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 51 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 52 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 descendants descendant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 54 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 55 nsubj _ _ 55 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 conj _ _ 56 Rapaki Rapaki PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 appos _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 58 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 conj _ _ 59 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 kaingas kainga NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 55 punct _ _ 62 to to ADP IN _ 64 case _ SpaceAfter=No 63 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 62 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the Such foods | | | | of pounamu this Wai | tree rules | | 2 | **seem** | past | the Such foods | the land | | | | to that conquistadors | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme land=Attribute | | 3 | **stand** | past | conquistadors *= conquistador* | | | the windy height; there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on height=Location | | 4 | **survey** | gerund | the windy height *not said here* | the great new country | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent country=Theme | | 5 | **fall** | participle | | the great new country *not said here* | | | | into conquistadors's hands *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into hand=Result | | 6 | **decide** | past | conquistadors *= conquistador* | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **remain** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | conquistadors *= conquistador* *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **promise** *speech: promise* | gerund | conquistadors *= conquistador* *not said here* | a place | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent place=Theme | | 9 | **is a** | present | Food | conquistadors's descendants and people | | | | conquistadors *= conquistador* *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 10 | **people** | | conquistadors's descendants and people | | | | | Rapaki and kaingas *appos* | 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/11/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/11/28/) - ↑ back to [“the Crest of the Rainbow.”](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/11/)