--- title: As he lived, he died, a sturdy unregenerate pagan, and the faith of… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: As he lived, he died, a sturdy unregenerate pagan, and the faith of Ihu Karaiti prevailed; the bell of the Rongo Pai calls the _kainga_ to prayers within a few paces of Mahuraki’s grave, and the _tohunga’s_ mumblings are a forgotten creed. Who acts: Mahuraki, faith, bell, _ mumblings. 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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 (Mahuraki, faith, bell, \_ mumblings), 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:pg73766:12:84 # text = As he lived, he died, a sturdy unregenerate pagan, and the faith of Ihu Karaiti prevailed; the bell of the Rongo Pai calls the _kainga_ to prayers within a few paces of Mahuraki’s grave, and the _tohunga’s_ mumblings are a forgotten creed. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 sturdy sturdy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 10 unregenerate unregenerate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 pagan pagan NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 faith faith NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Ihu Ihu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 Karaiti Karaiti PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 flat _ _ 19 prevailed prevail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 bell bell NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 Rongo Rongo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 Pai Pai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 27 calls call VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 kainga kainga NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 27 punct _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 prayers prayer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 34 within within ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 paces pace NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 Mahuraki Mahuraki PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’s 's PART POS _ 39 case _ _ 41 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 _ _ ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 tohunga tohunga NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ’s 's PART POS _ 46 case _ SpaceAfter=No 48 _ _ NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 49 mumblings mumbling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 nsubj _ _ 50 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 forgotten forget VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 53 amod _ _ 53 creed creed NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | past | Mahuraki | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **die** | past | Mahuraki | a sturdy unregenerate pagan | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 3 | **prevail** | past | the faith of Ihu | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **call** | present | the bell of the Rongo Pai | the kainga | prayers | | | within a few paces of Mahuraki's grave | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent kainga=Topic to prayer=Recipient | | 5 | **forget** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is a** | present | the \_ tohunga's \_ mumblings | a forgotten creed | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **mumble** | | the \_ tohunga | | | | | | nom mumbling «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/85/) - ↑ back to [Rapaki: a Village By the Sea.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/)