--- title: A venerable name this, for it is quite six hundred years old and is… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: A venerable name this, for it is quite six hundred years old and is a connecting link with the greatest land-explorer in Maori-Polynesian story, a prototype of the adventurous “Kai-ruri,” the white surveyor of _pakeha_ pioneering days. Who acts: this, venerable name. 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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 (this, venerable name), 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:pg73766:13:12 # text = A venerable name this, for it is quite six hundred years old and is a connecting link with the greatest land-explorer in Maori-Polynesian story, a prototype of the adventurous “Kai-ruri,” the white surveyor of _pakeha_ pioneering days. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 venerable venerable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 4 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nmod _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 9 quite quite ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 10 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 compound _ _ 11 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl:unmarked _ _ 13 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 connecting connect VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 amod _ _ 18 link link NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 21 greatest great ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 24 amod _ _ 22 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 explorer explorer NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Maori Maori PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Polynesian Polynesian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 flat _ _ 29 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 prototype prototype NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 35 adventurous adventurous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 36 “ " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Kai Kai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ruri ruri NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ” " PUNCT '' _ 44 punct _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 surveyor surveyor NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 parataxis _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 pakeha pakeha NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 49 punct _ _ 49 pioneering pioneer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 44 conj _ _ 50 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **name** | | this | | | | | for name | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | a venerable name | | | | year | the white surveyor of pakeha *parataxis*; old *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **connect** | gerund | | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **is a** | present | a venerable name *not said here* | a connecting link and story and a prototype of the adventurous Kai ruri | | | | with the greatest land explorer in Maori; story *conj*; a prototype of the adventurous Kai ruri *conj* | tree rules | | 5 | **pioneer** | gerund | a venerable name *not said here* | | | | day | | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/13/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/13/13/) - ↑ back to [How the Sacred Fire Came to Witch Hill.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/13/)