--- title: The original name, as we have seen, is Te Poho-o-Tamatea, which mean… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: The original name, as we have seen, is Te Poho-o-Tamatea, which means “Tamatea’s Breast,” so named by this barefooted pioneer of Maori land surveyors by way of claiming the land for his tribespeople. Who acts: we, original name, Te, land. 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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 (we, original name, Te, land), 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:pg73766:12:86 # text = The original name, as we have seen, is Te Poho-o-Tamatea, which means “Tamatea’s Breast,” so named by this barefooted pioneer of Maori land surveyors by way of claiming the land for his tribespeople. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 original original ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 Te Te PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 12 Poho Poho PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 16 case _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 Tamatea Tamatea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 19 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 20 “ " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 Tamatea Tamatea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ’s 's PART POS _ 21 case _ _ 23 Breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ” " PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 advcl _ _ 28 by by ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 det _ _ 30 barefooted barefooted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 pioneer pioneer NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 Maori Maori PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 34 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 surveyors surveyor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ _ 36 by by ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 38 of of SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 39 claiming claim VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 acl _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 tribespeople tribespeople NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present · perfect | we | the original name *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus | | 2 | **is a** | present | the original name | Te and Tamatea | | | | Tamatea *conj* | tree rules | | 3 | **mean** | present | Te and Tamatea | Tamatea's Breast | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breast=Topic | | 4 | **name** | participle | Te and Tamatea *not said here* | | | | | by this barefooted pioneer of Maori land surveyors; by way | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **claim** *speech: other* | gerund | the land | way *not said here* | | | | for Tamatea's tribespeople | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent way=Topic | 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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/87/) - ↑ back to [Rapaki: a Village By the Sea.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/)