--- title: A remnant, a _morehu_, now are tribe and forest; alike they have dwi… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: A remnant, a _morehu_, now are tribe and forest; alike they have dwindled to a shadow; “as the woods are swept away,” says the Maori, “so shall the people vanish.” Who acts: feet, Maori, people. 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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 (feet, Maori, people), 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:pg73766:12:10 # text = A remnant, a _morehu_, now are tribe and forest; alike they have dwindled to a shadow; “as the woods are swept away,” says the Maori, “so shall the people vanish.” 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 remnant remnant NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 morehu morehu X FW Foreign=Yes 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 10 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 tribe tribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 15 alike alike SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 dwindled dwindle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 23 “ " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 woods wood NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 swept sweep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 advcl _ _ 29 away away ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ” " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ 32 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 Maori Maori PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 36 “ " PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 so so ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 38 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 41 vanish vanish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | tribe and forest | | | now | forest *conj* | tree rules | | 2 | **dwindle** | present · perfect | feet *= foot* | | | | | to a shadow | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 3 | **sweep away** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the woods | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Maori | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **vanish** *in a quote* | shall | the people | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/11/) - ↑ back to [Rapaki: a Village By the Sea.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/)