--- title: Of course Kaiapoi gave them _kauru_ generally in return, merely in M… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: Of course Kaiapoi gave them _kauru_ generally in return, merely in Maori etiquette; some are now trying to make out that the _kauru_ (the sugar extract of the _tii_, or cabbage tree) was the payment for their fish.”] Who acts: some, kauru. 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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 (some, kauru), 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:pg73766:12:52 # text = Of course Kaiapoi gave them _kauru_ generally in return, merely in Maori etiquette; some are now trying to make out that the _kauru_ (the sugar extract of the _tii_, or cabbage tree) was the payment for their fish.”] 1 Of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 fixed _ _ 3 Kaiapoi Kaiapoi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 4 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 kauru kauru X FW Foreign=Yes 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 11 punct _ _ 9 generally generally ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 merely merely ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 Maori Maori PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 etiquette etiquette NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 18 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 21 nsubj _ _ 19 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ _ 21 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 out out ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 kauru kauru PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 28 punct _ _ 30 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 sugar sugar NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 extract extract NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 appos _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 tii tii NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 or or CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 cabbage cabbage NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 42 punct _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 payment payment NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 xcomp _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | | kauru | Tu | | | of Kaiapoi | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient kauru=Theme | | 2 | **try** | present · progressive | some | | | | now | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **make out** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | some *not said here* | | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is a** *not said to happen* | past | the kauru | the payment | | | | for Tu's fish | tree rules | 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/53/) - ↑ back to [Rapaki: a Village By the Sea.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/)