--- title: In about 1849-50, when the commander of a British surveying ship mad… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: In about 1849-50, when the commander of a British surveying ship made the first survey of Lyttelton Harbour and named the landscape saliencies, his Maori interpreter asked the name of this sharp peak, whereupon our old savage claimed that it was named after himself, “Te Upoko-o-Mahuraki.” Who acts: --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/87/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Ca…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/) / [Rapaki: a Village By the Sea.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/) / 87 # Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, Rapaki: a Village By the Sea., sentence 87 In about 1849-50, when the commander of a British surveying ship made the first survey of Lyttelton Harbour and named the landscape saliencies, his Maori interpreter asked the name of this sharp peak, whereupon our old savage claimed that it was named after himself, “Te Upoko-o-Mahuraki.” **Who acts:** commander, Maori interpreter, old savage · **What happens:** survey, make, name, ask, claim · **To what, where:** first survey, 1849-50, landscape saliencies, name, Lyttelton Harbour, sharp peak · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand» by James Cowan, Rapaki: a Village By the Sea.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (commander, Maori interpreter, old savage), 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:pg73766:12:87 # text = In about 1849-50, when the commander of a British surveying ship made the first survey of Lyttelton Harbour and named the landscape saliencies, his Maori interpreter asked the name of this sharp peak, whereupon our old savage claimed that it was named after himself, “Te Upoko-o-Mahuraki.” 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 about about ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 1849-50 1849-50 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 5 when when SCONJ WRB _ 13 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 commander commander NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 British British ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 surveying survey VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 amod _ _ 12 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 13 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 16 amod _ _ 16 survey survey NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 Lyttelton Lyttelton PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 Harbour Harbour PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 named name VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 landscape landscape NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 saliencies saliency NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 Maori maori ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 interpreter interpreter NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 det _ _ 34 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 peak peak NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 whereupon whereupon ADV WRB PronType=Int 41 advmod _ _ 38 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 39 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 savage savage NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 claimed claim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 ccomp _ _ 46 after after ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 “ " PUNCT `` _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 Te te X GW _ 45 obl _ _ 51 Upoko Upoko PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 goeswith _ SpaceAfter=No 52 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 55 case _ SpaceAfter=No 54 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 Mahuraki Mahuraki PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ” " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **survey** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **make** | past | the commander of a British surveying ship | the first survey of Lyttelton Harbour | | 1849-50 | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset survey=Product | | 3 | **name** | past | the commander of a British surveying ship *not said here* | the landscape saliencies | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent saliency=Theme | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | commander's Maori interpreter | the name of this sharp peak | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient | | 5 | **claim** *speech: other* | past | our old savage | | | | | whereupon *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **name** | past · passive | | name | | | after commander | Te Upoko and Mahuraki *obl* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **survey** | | | Lyttelton Harbour | | | | | nom survey «act transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **name** | | | this sharp peak | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/88/) - ↑ back to [Rapaki: a Village By the Sea.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/)