--- title: Her consort was the canoe Arai-te-uru, which carried “Te Ahi-a-Uenuk… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: Her consort was the canoe Arai-te-uru, which carried “Te Ahi-a-Uenuku--Uenuku’s Fire”--and all kinds of food plants, even, says Tikao, a grain which is said to have resembled the _pakeha’s_ wheat. Who acts: consort, te uru, Tikao. 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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 (consort, te uru, Tikao), 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:pg73766:13:26 # text = Her consort was the canoe Arai-te-uru, which carried “Te Ahi-a-Uenuku--Uenuku’s Fire”--and all kinds of food plants, even, says Tikao, a grain which is said to have resembled the _pakeha’s_ wheat. 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 consort consort NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 canoe canoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 Arai Arai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 te te NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 uru uru NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Te te X GW _ 13 obj _ _ 16 Ahi Ahi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 goeswith _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Uenuku Uenuku PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 -- -- PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Uenuku Uenuku PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ’s 's PART POS _ 22 case _ _ 24 Fire Fire PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 list _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ” " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 -- -- PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 28 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 29 det _ _ 29 kinds kind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 ccomp _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 plants plant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 34 even even ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 36 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 37 Tikao Tikao PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 grain grain NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 appos _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl:relcl _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 45 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 aux _ _ 46 resembled resemble VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 43 xcomp _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 pakeha pakeha NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ’s 's PART POS _ 49 case _ SpaceAfter=No 51 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 52 punct _ _ 52 wheat wheat NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Takitimu's consort | the canoe and te uru | | | | Arai *appos*; te uru *conj* | tree rules | | 2 | **carry** | past | te uru | Te Ahi Uenuku's Fire and a Uenuku | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent te=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Tikao | | | | | all kinds of food plants *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · passive | | a grain | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **resemble** | to-infinitive · perfect | | the pakeha's wheat | | | | | tree rules | 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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/13/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/13/27/) - ↑ back to [How the Sacred Fire Came to Witch Hill.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/13/)