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title: [Footnote 3: The following note describing the occupation of these l… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics
description: [Footnote 3: The following note describing the occupation of these localities after the first conflict between the two great tribes of the South Island was written by Mr. T. E. Green (Tame Kirini) of Tuahiwi, Kaiapoi, who died in 1917, and who was an authority on the history of his mother’s clan:-- 
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# Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, Rapaki: a Village By the Sea., sentence 38

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\[Footnote 3: The following note describing the occupation of these localities after the first conflict between the two great tribes of the South Island was written by Mr. T. E. Green (Tame Kirini) of Tuahiwi, Kaiapoi, who died in 1917, and who was an authority on the history of his mother’s clan:--

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**Who acts:** following note, Tame Kirini · **What happens:** follow, describe, write, die, be, occupy · **To what, where:** occupation, Footnote, authority, history, localities

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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 (following note, Tame Kirini), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg73766:12:38
# text = [Footnote 3: The following note describing the occupation of these localities after the first conflict between the two great tribes of the South Island was written by Mr. T. E. Green (Tame Kirini) of Tuahiwi, Kaiapoi, who died in 1917, and who was an authority on the history of his mother’s clan:--
1	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Footnote	footnote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
7	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
8	describing	describe	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	occupation	occupation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	13	det	_	_
13	localities	locality	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
14	after	after	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	17	amod	_	_
17	conflict	conflict	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
18	between	between	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
20	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	22	nummod	_	_
21	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	tribes	tribe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nmod	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	compound	_	_
26	Island	Island	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	_
27	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	aux:pass	_	_
28	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
29	by	by	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
30	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	nmod:desc	_	_
31	T.	T.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	compound	_	_
32	E.	E.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	compound	_	_
33	Green	Green	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	28	obl	_	_
34	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	36	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	Tame	Tame	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	compound	_	_
36	Kirini	Kirini	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	36	punct	_	_
38	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	Tuahiwi	Tuahiwi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
41	Kaiapoi	Kaiapoi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
43	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	44	nsubj	_	_
44	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	acl:relcl	_	_
45	in	in	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
46	1917	1917	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	44	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
48	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
49	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	52	nsubj	_	_
50	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	52	cop	_	_
51	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	authority	authority	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	_
53	on	on	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	nmod	_	_
56	of	of	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
57	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	58	nmod:poss	_	_
58	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	’s	's	PART	POS	_	58	case	_	_
60	clan	clan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	62	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	--	--	PUNCT	NFP	_	28	conj	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **describe** | gerund | the following note *not said here* | the occupation of this localities |  |  | after the first conflict between the two great tribes of the South Island |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent occupation=Theme |
| 3 | **write** | past · passive |  | Footnote and the following note |  |  |  | by T. E. Green and Tame Kirini of Tuahiwi and Kaiapoi | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 4 | **die** | past | Tame Kirini of Tuahiwi and Kaiapoi |  |  |  |  | in 1917 | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in 1917=Attribute |
| 5 | **is a** | past |  | a authority |  | the history of Kaiapoi's mother's clan |  | who *nsubj* | tree rules |
| 6 | **occupy** |  |  | this localities |  |  |  |  | nom occupation «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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