--- title: It was a rambling _korero_, wandering deviously from _pakeha_ times… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: It was a rambling _korero_, wandering deviously from _pakeha_ times into romantic ancientry, when the wild men lived in the woods and when war canoes filled with fierce tattooed eaters of men swept up and down this shining harbour of ours. Who acts: sun, wild men, men. 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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 (sun, wild men, men), 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:pg73766:12:91 # text = It was a rambling _korero_, wandering deviously from _pakeha_ times into romantic ancientry, when the wild men lived in the woods and when war canoes filled with fierce tattooed eaters of men swept up and down this shining harbour of ours. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 rambling ramble VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 korero korero NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 wandering wonder VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 10 deviously deviously ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 pakeha pakeha NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 15 punct _ _ 15 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 16 into into ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 romantic romantic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 ancientry ancientry NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 24 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 woods wood NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 30 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 canoes canoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 conj _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 fierce fierce ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 35 tattooed tattoo VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 amod _ _ 36 eaters eater NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ _ 39 swept sweep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 40 up up ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 down down ADV RB _ 40 conj _ _ 43 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 45 det _ _ 44 shining shine VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 45 amod _ _ 45 harbour harbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 ours our PRON PRP Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ramble** | past · progressive | sun | korero | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location korero=Theme | | 2 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund | sun *not said here* | | | pakeha | time | into romantic ancientry; deviously *property* | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **live** | past | the wild men | | | the woods | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wood=Location | | 4 | **fill** | participle · passive | | war canoes | | | | with fierce tattooed eaters | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with eater=Instrument | | 5 | **tattoo** | participle | | | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **sweep up** | past | men | this shining harbour of ours | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme harbour=Trajectory | | 7 | **shine** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/92/) - ↑ back to [Rapaki: a Village By the Sea.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/)