--- title: And even in this day of sunshine, when every cave and cranny in the… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: And even in this day of sunshine, when every cave and cranny in the Poho-o-Tamatea were searched by the golden light and when the mystery of its fiery birth stood revealed, the great spear-rock still seemed a place of eeriness and _tapu_. Who acts: golden light. 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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 (golden light), 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:pg73766:12:60 # text = And even in this day of sunshine, when every cave and cranny in the Poho-o-Tamatea were searched by the golden light and when the mystery of its fiery birth stood revealed, the great spear-rock still seemed a place of eeriness and _tapu_. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 2 even even ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 sunshine sunshine NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 9 when when SCONJ WRB _ 22 mark _ _ 10 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 11 det _ _ 11 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 cranny cranny NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 16 Poho Poho PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 20 case _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Tamatea Tamatea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 21 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 searched search VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 23 by by ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 28 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 35 advmod _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 mystery mystery NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 fiery fiery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 birth birth NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 35 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 revealed reveal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 39 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 40 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 43 still still ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 eeriness eeriness NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 tapu tapu NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **search** | past · passive | the golden light | every cave and cranny in the Poho Tamatea | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Location | | 2 | **reveal** | past · passive | the golden light *not said here* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP» | | 3 | **seem** | past | | the great spear rock | | | still; day | a place of eeriness and tapu *obj* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme place=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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/61/) - ↑ back to [Rapaki: a Village By the Sea.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/)