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title: As Moki, the younger brother of Tu Rakautahi, headed the Ngai-Tuhait… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics
description: As Moki, the younger brother of Tu Rakautahi, headed the Ngai-Tuhaitara clan who conquered the Peninsula, you will readily perceive that no chief would deliberately go and settle on the territory of another, and particularly one so powerful as Tu-Rakautahi, without his permission--which in this case
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# Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, Rapaki: a Village By the Sea., sentence 50

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As Moki, the younger brother of Tu Rakautahi, headed the Ngai-Tuhaitara clan who conquered the Peninsula, you will readily perceive that no chief would deliberately go and settle on the territory of another, and particularly one so powerful as Tu-Rakautahi, without his permission--which in this case was given--and without tribute being paid annually for the privilege.

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**Who acts:** Ngai Tuhaitara clan, you, chief · **What happens:** head, conquer, perceive, go, settle, give · **To what, where:** Ngai Tuhaitara clan, Peninsula, permission, case

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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 (Ngai Tuhaitara clan, you, chief), 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:pg73766:12:50
# text = As Moki, the younger brother of Tu Rakautahi, headed the Ngai-Tuhaitara clan who conquered the Peninsula, you will readily perceive that no chief would deliberately go and settle on the territory of another, and particularly one so powerful as Tu-Rakautahi, without his permission--which in this case was given--and without tribute being paid annually for the privilege.
1	As	as	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Moki	Moki	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Tu	Tu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	Rakautahi	Rakautahi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
11	headed	head	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
13	Ngai	Ngai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	Tuhaitara	Tuhaitara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	clan	clan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
17	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	18	nsubj	_	_
18	conquered	conquer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	acl:relcl	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	Peninsula	Peninsula	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
22	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
23	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
24	readily	readily	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
25	perceive	perceive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
26	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	31	mark	_	_
27	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	28	det	_	_
28	chief	chief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nsubj	_	_
29	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	31	aux	_	_
30	deliberately	deliberately	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	_	_
31	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	25	advcl	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
33	settle	settle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	31	conj	_	_
34	on	on	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	territory	territory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	_
37	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	36	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
41	particularly	particularly	ADV	RB	_	42	advmod	_	_
42	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	44	nsubj	_	_
43	so	so	ADV	RB	_	44	advmod	_	_
44	powerful	powerful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	conj	_	_
45	as	as	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
46	Tu	Tu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	48	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	46	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	Rakautahi	Rakautahi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
50	without	without	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	52	nmod:poss	_	_
52	permission	permission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	59	obj	_	_
55	in	in	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
56	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	57	det	_	_
57	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	obl	_	_
58	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	59	aux:pass	_	_
59	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	52	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	65	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	65	cc	_	_
62	without	without	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
63	tribute	tribute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	65	obl	_	_
64	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	65	aux:pass	_	_
65	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	59	conj	_	_
66	annually	annually	ADV	RB	_	65	advmod	_	_
67	for	for	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
68	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	69	det	_	_
69	privilege	privilege	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	65	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **head** | past |  | the Ngai Tuhaitara clan |  |  |  | as Moki; chief's permission *conj* | vn conduct-111.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clan=Theme |
| 2 | **conquer** | past | the Ngai Tuhaitara clan | the Peninsula |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peninsula=Patient |
| 3 | **perceive** | future | you |  |  |  |  | readily *property* | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **go** | would | no chief |  |  |  |  | deliberately *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **settle** | infinitive | no chief *not said here* |  |  |  |  | on the territory of another | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent on territory=Topic |
| 6 | **give** | past · passive |  | chief's permission |  | this case |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: which=Theme |
| 7 | **pay** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  |  | without tribute; for the privilege; annually *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: for privilege=Theme |
| 8 | **permit** |  | chief |  |  |  |  |  | nom permission «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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