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title: Here the Takitimu was hauled ashore and if one is to accept literall… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Here the Takitimu was hauled ashore and if one is to accept literally the legend of the Maori, there she is to be seen now, metamorphosed in marvellous fashion into mountain form, the lofty blue range of the Takitimu--mis-spelled “Takitimos” on the maps and locally spoken of as “the Takitimos.” Who 
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# Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, How the Sacred Fire Came to Witch Hill., sentence 15

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Here the Takitimu was hauled ashore and if one is to accept literally the legend of the Maori, there she is to be seen now, metamorphosed in marvellous fashion into mountain form, the lofty blue range of the Takitimu--mis-spelled “Takitimos” on the maps and locally spoken of as “the Takitimos.”

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**Who acts:** one, lofty blue range · **What happens:** haul, be, see, metamorphose, spell, speak · **To what, where:** Takitimu, marvellous fashion, Takitimos, maps · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand» by James Cowan, How the Sacred Fire Came to Witch Hill.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one, lofty blue range), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg73766:13:15
# text = Here the Takitimu was hauled ashore and if one is to accept literally the legend of the Maori, there she is to be seen now, metamorphosed in marvellous fashion into mountain form, the lofty blue range of the Takitimu--mis-spelled “Takitimos” on the maps and locally spoken of as “the Takitimos.”
1	Here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Takitimu	Takitimu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	hauled	haul	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	ashore	ashore	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
8	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	accept	accept	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
13	literally	literally	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	legend	legend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	Maori	Maori	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
20	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	25	expl	_	_
21	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
22	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	aux:pass	_	_
23	to	to	PART	TO	_	25	mark	_	_
24	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	25	aux:pass	_	_
25	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
26	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	25	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
28	metamorphosed	metamorphose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	25	conj	_	_
29	in	in	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	marvellous	marvellous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	fashion	fashion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	_
32	into	into	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	compound	_	_
34	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
37	lofty	lofty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
38	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	range	range	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	conj	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	Takitimu	Takitimu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	mis	mis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	44	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	spelled	spell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	39	acl	_	_
47	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	48	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	Takitimos	Takitimos	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	48	punct	_	_
50	on	on	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	maps	map	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	obl	_	_
53	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
54	locally	locally	ADV	RB	_	55	advmod	_	_
55	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	46	conj	_	_
56	of	of	ADP	IN	_	55	obl	_	_
57	as	as	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
58	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	60	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
60	Takitimos	Takitimos	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	55	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **haul** | past · passive |  | the Takitimu |  | here |  | ashore *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | one |  |  |  |  | the legend of the Maori *obj*; accept, literally *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **see** | present · passive |  | Takitimu |  | there | now |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
| 4 | **metamorphose** | participle |  |  |  | marvellous fashion into mountain form and the lofty blue range of the Takitimu |  |  | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 5 | **spell** | participle | the lofty blue range of the Takitimu *not said here* | Takitimos |  | the maps |  | mis *compound* | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent takitimos=Theme on map=Destination |
| 6 | **speak** *speech: other* | participle | the lofty blue range of the Takitimu *not said here* |  |  |  |  | as the Takitimos; locally *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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**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.

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