--- title: Coming round Te Matau-a-Maui, Hawke’s Bay, the Arai-te-Uru nearly ca… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: Coming round Te Matau-a-Maui, Hawke’s Bay, the Arai-te-Uru nearly capsized; she went over on her side, and continued in that attitude until she finally overturned at Matakaea Point, near Oamaru, where she still lies--turned to stone! Who acts: Uru. 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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 (Uru), 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:pg73766:13:27 # text = Coming round Te Matau-a-Maui, Hawke’s Bay, the Arai-te-Uru nearly capsized; she went over on her side, and continued in that attitude until she finally overturned at Matakaea Point, near Oamaru, where she still lies--turned to stone! 1 Coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 compound _ _ 2 round round ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 Te Te PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 4 Matau Matau PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Maui Maui PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 Hawke Hawke PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’s 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 Bay Bay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Arai Arai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 te te NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Uru Uru PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 20 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 capsized capsize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 25 over over ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 continued continue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 parataxis _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 34 attitude attitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 until until SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 finally finally ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 overturned overturn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 Matakaea Matakaea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 Point Point PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 near near ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 Oamaru Oamaru PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 49 advmod _ _ 47 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 still still ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 -- -- PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 conj _ _ 52 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ! ! PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come round** | gerund | | Te and a Maui and Hawke's Bay | | | | round *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **capsize** | past | Uru | te | | | | nearly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent arai=Patient | | 3 | **go over** | past | uru | | | uru's side | | over *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on side=Location | | 4 | **continue** | participle | | | | that attitude | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **overturn** | past | uru | | | Matakaea Point | | finally *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **lie** | present | uru | | | Oamaru | still | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent near oamaru=Location | | 7 | **turn** | participle | | | | stone | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to stone=Trajectory | 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/13/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/13/28/) - ↑ back to [How the Sacred Fire Came to Witch Hill.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/13/)