--- title: On the beach below the present village he left his waist-garment, a… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: On the beach below the present village he left his waist-garment, a kilt of flax or _toi_ leaves, probably in connection with the act of _tapa_-ing the place as his possession, and from the fact of this _rapaki_, which would be a _tapu_ one, being cast there the place received its name. 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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 (whakaputa, connection, rapaki, place), 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:pg73766:12:25 # text = On the beach below the present village he left his waist-garment, a kilt of flax or _toi_ leaves, probably in connection with the act of _tapa_-ing the place as his possession, and from the fact of this _rapaki_, which would be a _tapu_ one, being cast there the place received its name. 1 On on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 beach beach NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 below below ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 11 waist waist NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 garment garment NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 kilt kilt NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 flax flax NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 or or CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 toi toi X FW Foreign=Yes 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 23 punct _ _ 23 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 probably probably ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 connection connection NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 act act NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 tapa tapa NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ing e VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 acl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 as as ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 from from ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 46 nmod _ _ 49 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 rapaki rapaki NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 53 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 58 nsubj _ _ 54 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 55 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 58 cop _ _ 56 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 57 _ _ ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 tapu tapu NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 60 punct _ _ 60 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 62 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 63 aux:pass _ _ 63 cast cast VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 60 conj _ _ 64 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 63 advmod _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nsubj _ _ 67 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 parataxis _ _ 68 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 69 nmod:poss _ _ 69 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past | whakaputa | whakaputa's waist garment | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent garment=Theme | | 2 | **e** | gerund | connection with the act of tapa *not said here* | the place | | the fact of this and rapaki one and a \_ tapu | | as whakaputa's possession | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | would | rapaki one and a \_ tapu | a \_ tapu | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **cast** | gerund · passive | connection with the act of tapa *not said here* | | | there | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP» | | 5 | **receive** | past | the place | place's name | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme | | 7 | **act** | | tapa | | | | | | nom act «communication intransitive»: of=agent | | 8 | **possess** | | whakaputa | | | | | | nom possession «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **name** | | place | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/26/) - ↑ back to [Rapaki: a Village By the Sea.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/)