--- title: On the lowermost bough of this knotty ribbonwood, the _houhi_, or _h… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: On the lowermost bough of this knotty ribbonwood, the _houhi_, or _houi_, of the Natives, that stood here before the church was built, over fifty years ago, hangs the bell that calls the remnant of Ngati-Irakehu to worship; and it is this sylvan belfry that symbolises for me the intermingling of mod --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/2/) [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/) / [Rapaki: a Village By the Sea.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/) / 2 # Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, Rapaki: a Village By the Sea., sentence 2 On the lowermost bough of this knotty ribbonwood, the \_houhi\_, or \_houi\_, of the Natives, that stood here before the church was built, over fifty years ago, hangs the bell that calls the remnant of Ngati-Irakehu to worship; and it is this sylvan belfry that symbolises for me the intermingling of modernism and ancientry in the Rapaki of to-day. **Who acts:** Natives, bell, remnant, sylvan belfry · **What happens:** stand, build, hang, call, worship, be · **To what, where:** church, bell, lowermost bough, remnant, sylvan belfry, intermingling · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand» by James Cowan, Rapaki: a Village By the Sea.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Natives, bell, remnant, sylvan belfry), 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:pg73766:12:2 # text = On the lowermost bough of this knotty ribbonwood, the _houhi_, or _houi_, of the Natives, that stood here before the church was built, over fifty years ago, hangs the bell that calls the remnant of Ngati-Irakehu to worship; and it is this sylvan belfry that symbolises for me the intermingling of modernism and ancientry in the Rapaki of to-day. 1 On on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 lowermost lowermost ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 bough bough NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 7 knotty knotty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 ribbonwood ribbonwood NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 houhi houhi NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 13 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 or or CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 houi houi X FW Foreign=Yes 4 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 18 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 Natives Native PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 25 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 26 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 27 before before SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 over over ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 nummod _ _ 35 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl:unmarked _ _ 36 ago ago ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 38 hangs hang VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 bell bell NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 42 calls call VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 remnant remnant NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 Ngati Ngati PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 Irakehu Irakehu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 conj _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 worship worship VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ; ; PUNCT : _ 57 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 53 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 54 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 cop _ _ 55 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 57 det _ _ 56 sylvan sylvan ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 belfry belfry NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 58 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 59 nsubj _ _ 59 symbolises symbolis VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 acl:relcl _ _ 60 for for ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 59 obl _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 intermingling intermingling NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obj _ _ 64 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 modernism modernism NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nmod _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 67 ancientry ancientry NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 conj _ _ 68 in in ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 Rapaki Rapaki PROPN NNP Number=Sing 67 nmod _ _ 71 of of ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 72 to to ADP IN _ 74 case _ SpaceAfter=No 73 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 72 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 74 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | the Natives | | | here | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **build** | past · passive | | the church | | | | ago *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 3 | **hang** | present | | the bell | | the lowermost bough of this knotty ribbonwood of the Natives | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bell=Theme on bough=Destination | | 4 | **call** | present | the bell | the remnant of Ngati and Irakehu | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent remnant=Recipient | | 5 | **worship** | to-infinitive | the bell *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is a** | present | remnant | this sylvan belfry | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **symbolis** | present | this sylvan belfry | the intermingling of modernism and ancientry in the Rapaki of day | | | | for me | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/3/) - ↑ back to [Rapaki: a Village By the Sea.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/)