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title: The second daughter of Te Rakiwhakaputa was the wife of Tu-Rakautahi… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics
description: The second daughter of Te Rakiwhakaputa was the wife of Tu-Rakautahi, the founder of Kaiapoi Pa, so Te Rakiwhakaputa came to Kaiapoi after the settlement of the Ngai-Tuhaitara, here accompanied by other Ngati-Kurii chieftains, namely, Mako, Te Ruahikihiki and others, and dwelt in the vicinity of Kai
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# Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, Rapaki: a Village By the Sea., sentence 42

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The second daughter of Te Rakiwhakaputa was the wife of Tu-Rakautahi, the founder of Kaiapoi Pa, so Te Rakiwhakaputa came to Kaiapoi after the settlement of the Ngai-Tuhaitara, here accompanied by other Ngati-Kurii chieftains, namely, Mako, Te Ruahikihiki and others, and dwelt in the vicinity of Kaiapoi for some time.

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**Who acts:** second daughter, Te · **What happens:** be, come, accompany, dwell · **To what, where:** wife, Kaiapoi, vicinity

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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 (second daughter, Te), 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:pg73766:12:42
# text = The second daughter of Te Rakiwhakaputa was the wife of Tu-Rakautahi, the founder of Kaiapoi Pa, so Te Rakiwhakaputa came to Kaiapoi after the settlement of the Ngai-Tuhaitara, here accompanied by other Ngati-Kurii chieftains, namely, Mako, Te Ruahikihiki and others, and dwelt in the vicinity of Kaiapoi for some time.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	_
3	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Te	Te	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	Rakiwhakaputa	Rakiwhakaputa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
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	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Tu	Tu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	Rakautahi	Rakautahi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	founder	founder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Kaiapoi	Kaiapoi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
19	Pa	Pa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
21	so	so	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
22	Te	Te	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	_
23	Rakiwhakaputa	Rakiwhakaputa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	flat	_	_
24	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
25	to	to	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	Kaiapoi	Kaiapoi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
27	after	after	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	settlement	settlement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
32	Ngai	Ngai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	32	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	Tuhaitara	Tuhaitara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
36	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	37	advmod	_	_
37	accompanied	accompany	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	conj	_	_
38	by	by	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
40	Ngati	Ngati	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	40	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	Kurii	Kurii	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	flat	_	_
43	chieftains	chieftain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
45	namely	namely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
47	Mako	Mako	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
49	Te	Te	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	appos	_	_
50	Ruahikihiki	Ruahikihiki	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	49	flat	_	_
51	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
52	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
54	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
55	dwelt	dwell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
56	in	in	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	vicinity	vicinity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obl	_	_
59	of	of	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
60	Kaiapoi	Kaiapoi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	58	nmod	_	_
61	for	for	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
62	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	63	det	_	_
63	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the second daughter of Te | the wife |  |  |  | of Tu and Rakautahi | tree rules |
| 2 | **come** | past | Te |  |  | Kaiapoi | after the settlement of the Ngai Tuhaitara |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to kaiapoi=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **accompany** | participle | the second daughter of Te *not said here* |  |  | here |  | by other Ngati and chieftains and Mako and others | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by ngati=Destination |
| 4 | **dwell** | past | the second daughter of Te *not said here* |  |  | the vicinity of Kaiapoi | time |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in vicinity=Location |

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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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