--- title: One of his camping-grounds on a war expedition was yon fort-like nes… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: One of his camping-grounds on a war expedition was yon fort-like nest of basalt towers and upjuts above Cass Bay, overlooking our Lyttelton road; he slept one night near the summit of one of these crags, a wild hard camping place, and it is still known as “Te-Moenga-o-Wheke” or “Wheke’s Bed.” Who ac --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/35/) [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/) / 35 # Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, Rapaki: a Village By the Sea., sentence 35 One of his camping-grounds on a war expedition was yon fort-like nest of basalt towers and upjuts above Cass Bay, overlooking our Lyttelton road; he slept one night near the summit of one of these crags, a wild hard camping place, and it is still known as “Te-Moenga-o-Wheke” or “Wheke’s Bed.” **Who acts:** One, figure · **What happens:** be, overlook, sleep, know · **To what, where:** yon like nest, Lyttelton road, summit, road 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 (One, figure), 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:pg73766:12:35 # text = One of his camping-grounds on a war expedition was yon fort-like nest of basalt towers and upjuts above Cass Bay, overlooking our Lyttelton road; he slept one night near the summit of one of these crags, a wild hard camping place, and it is still known as “Te-Moenga-o-Wheke” or “Wheke’s Bed.” 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 4 camping camping NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 grounds grounds NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 1 nmod _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 expedition expedition NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 12 yon yon ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 13 fort fort NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 like like ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 basalt basalt NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 towers tower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 upjuts upjut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 conj _ _ 22 above above ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 Cass Cass PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 Bay Bay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 overlooking overlook VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 27 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 Lyttelton Lyttelton PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 slept sleep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 33 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 34 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl:unmarked _ _ 35 near near ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 summit summit NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 nmod _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 42 det _ _ 42 crags crag NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 45 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 46 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 47 camping camping NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 51 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj:pass _ _ 52 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 aux:pass _ _ 53 still still ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 54 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 conj _ _ 55 as as ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 56 “ " PUNCT `` _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 Te te NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 58 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 Moenga Moenga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 63 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 63 case _ SpaceAfter=No 62 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 Wheke Wheke PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ” " PUNCT '' _ 63 punct _ _ 65 or or CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 66 “ " PUNCT `` _ 69 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 Wheke Wheke PROPN NNP Number=Sing 69 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 68 ’s 's PART POS _ 67 case _ _ 69 Bed Bed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 ” " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | One of figure's camping grounds on a war expedition | yon like nest | | | | of basalt towers above Cass Bay and upjuts | tree rules | | 2 | **overlook** | gerund | One of figure's camping grounds on a war expedition *not said here* | our Lyttelton road | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Theme | | 3 | **sleep** | past | figure | | | the summit of one of this crags and a wild hard camping place | night | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **know** | present · passive | | road | | | still | as Te Moenga or Wheke's Bed | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus as moenga=Attribute | 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/36/) - ↑ back to [Rapaki: a Village By the Sea.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/)