--- title: I have seen a war-dance party of Taupo Natives, more than a hundred… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: I have seen a war-dance party of Taupo Natives, more than a hundred strong, kilted with short _rapakis_ made of this lacebark, deftly twisted and woven by their womenfolk for the ceremonial leaping parade. Who acts: I, ceremonial. 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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 (I, ceremonial), 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:pg73766:12:70 # text = I have seen a war-dance party of Taupo Natives, more than a hundred strong, kilted with short _rapakis_ made of this lacebark, deftly twisted and woven by their womenfolk for the ceremonial leaping parade. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 5 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 dance dance NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 Taupo Taupo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 Natives Native PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 13 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV 16 advmod _ _ 14 than than ADP IN _ 13 fixed _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 kilted kilt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 22 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 rapakis rapaki NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 25 punct _ _ 25 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 det _ _ 28 lacebark lacebark NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 deftly deftly ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 twisted twist VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 woven weave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 conj _ _ 34 by by ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 womenfolk womenfolk NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 ceremonial ceremonial NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 leaping leap VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 39 acl _ _ 41 parade parade NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present · perfect | I | a dance party of Taupo Natives | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer party=Stimulus | | 2 | **kilt** | participle · passive | | a hundred | | | | with short rapakis | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | participle | | short rapakis *not said here* | | | | of this lacebark | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 4 | **twist** | participle | | this lacebark *not said here* | | | | deftly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **weave** | participle | | | | | | by Natives's womenfolk for the ceremonial | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by womenfolk=Trajectory | | 6 | **leap** | gerund | the ceremonial *not said here* | parade | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme parade=Trajectory | 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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/71/) - ↑ back to [Rapaki: a Village By the Sea.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/)