--- title: This long-gone tattooed hero was the Hector of the Whaka-raupo, and… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: This long-gone tattooed hero was the Hector of the Whaka-raupo, and this well-hidden valley curving down from the crags was the spot where he settled awhile when the harbour-side fighting was done. Who acts: This, gone tattooed hero, hidden valley, whakaputa. 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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 (This, gone tattooed hero, hidden valley, 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:pg73766:12:23 # text = This long-gone tattooed hero was the Hector of the Whaka-raupo, and this well-hidden valley curving down from the crags was the spot where he settled awhile when the harbour-side fighting was done. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 nsubj _ _ 2 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 tattooed tattoo VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ _ 6 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Hector hector NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 Whaka Whaka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 raupo raupo NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 17 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 det _ _ 18 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 hidden hidden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 valley valley NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 22 curving curve VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 acl _ _ 23 down down ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 crags crag NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ 30 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 32 advmod _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 settled settle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 33 awhile awhile ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 41 advmod _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 36 harbour harbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 fighting fighting NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 41 done done ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tattoo** | participle | | | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **hero** | | This | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | past | gone tattooed hero | the Hector | | | | of the Whaka raupo | tree rules | | 4 | **curve down** | gerund | this hidden valley *not said here* | | | the crags | | down *property* | vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material | | 5 | **is a** | past | this hidden valley | the spot | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **settle** | past | whakaputa | | | | | awhile *property* | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | past | the side fighting | | | | | done *property* | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/24/) - ↑ back to [Rapaki: a Village By the Sea.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/)