--- title: No common fire this; it was an _ahi-tipua_, a “magic blaze,” a sacre… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: No common fire this; it was an _ahi-tipua_, a “magic blaze,” a sacred fire directly kindled from that trebly-_tapu_ fire which Uenuku, the great high priest of far Hawaiki, had sent with his canoe voyagers. Who acts: this, Fire, common fire. 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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, Fire, common fire), 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:pg73766:13:23 # text = No common fire this; it was an _ahi-tipua_, a “magic blaze,” a sacred fire directly kindled from that trebly-_tapu_ fire which Uenuku, the great high priest of far Hawaiki, had sent with his canoe voyagers. 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 3 det _ _ 2 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 4 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ; ; PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 8 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 9 _ _ ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ahi ahi NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 tipua tipua NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 13 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 blaze blaze NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 sacred sacred ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 24 directly directly ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 kindled kindle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 26 from from ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 27 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 nsubj _ _ 28 trebly trebly ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 tapu tapu NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 33 punct _ _ 33 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 obj _ _ 35 Uenuku Uenuku PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 39 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 appos _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 43 advmod _ _ 43 Hawaiki Hawaiki PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 45 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl:relcl _ _ 47 with with ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 49 canoe canoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 compound _ _ 50 voyagers voyager NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fire** | | this | | | | | a magic blaze *conj* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | past | Fire | a \_ ahi tipua | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **kindle** | past | no common fire and a magic blaze | fire | | tapu that | | a sacred fire *nsubj*; directly *property* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent from tapu=Material | | 4 | **send** | past · perfect · passive | | Uenuku | | | | with Uenuku's canoe voyagers; fire *obj* | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination which=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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/13/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/13/24/) - ↑ back to [How the Sacred Fire Came to Witch Hill.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/13/)