--- title: The church itself, as he remembered, was built in 1869 by the Wesley… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: The church itself, as he remembered, was built in 1869 by the Wesleyan Natives, but the Anglicans used it also, for in those days there was no _puhaehae_, no violent jealousy of sects. Who acts: church, Wesleyan Natives, Anglicans. 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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 (church, Wesleyan Natives, Anglicans), 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:pg73766:12:73 # text = The church itself, as he remembered, was built in 1869 by the Wesleyan Natives, but the Anglicans used it also, for in those days there was no _puhaehae_, no violent jealousy of sects. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 2 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 remembered remember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 parataxis _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 1869 1869 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 10 obl _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 Wesleyan Wesleyan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 Natives Native PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Anglicans Anglican PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 21 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 also also ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 28 det _ _ 28 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 29 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 30 expl _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 31 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 30 obj _ _ 32 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 puhaehae puhaehae X FW Foreign=Yes 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 38 det _ _ 37 violent violent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 jealousy jealousy NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 sects sect NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remember** | past | the church twisting | no violent jealousy of sects | | | | Tikao *nsubj* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **build** | past · passive | the Wesleyan Natives | | | | | in 1869 | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in 1869=Attribute | | 3 | **use** | past | the Anglicans | twisting | | | day | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/74/) - ↑ back to [Rapaki: a Village By the Sea.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/)