--- title: The fire, sent by the gods in the heart of the North Island, burst f… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: The fire, sent by the gods in the heart of the North Island, burst forth from Tongariro and speeding down the rift of the Wanganui River valley it touched a spot near Nelson, and again it touched Motu-nau--the small island close to the Canterbury Coast--and then it appeared again in a magic blaze on --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/13/36/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Ca…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/) / [How the Sacred Fire Came to Witch Hill.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/13/) / 36 # Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, How the Sacred Fire Came to Witch Hill., sentence 36 The fire, sent by the gods in the heart of the North Island, burst forth from Tongariro and speeding down the rift of the Wanganui River valley it touched a spot near Nelson, and again it touched Motu-nau--the small island close to the Canterbury Coast--and then it appeared again in a magic blaze on the side of Witch Hill, and the Maori explorers warmed their frozen limbs and were saved. **Who acts:** fire, prayer, it, Maori explorers · **What happens:** send, burst, speed, touch, appear, warm · **To what, where:** fire, heart, Tongariro, rift, spot, Nelson 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 (fire, prayer, it, Maori explorers), 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:pg73766:13:36 # text = The fire, sent by the gods in the heart of the North Island, burst forth from Tongariro and speeding down the rift of the Wanganui River valley it touched a spot near Nelson, and again it touched Motu-nau--the small island close to the Canterbury Coast--and then it appeared again in a magic blaze on the side of Witch Hill, and the Maori explorers warmed their frozen limbs and were saved. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 North North PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 Island Island PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 16 burst burst VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 forth forth ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Tongariro Tongariro PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 speeding speed VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 conj _ _ 22 down down ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 rift rift NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 27 Wanganui Wanganui PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 River River PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 valley valley NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 touched touch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 near near ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Nelson Nelson PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 again again ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 touched touch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 41 Motu Motu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 nau nau X FW Foreign=Yes 41 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 44 -- -- PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 appos _ _ 48 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 Canterbury Canterbury PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 compound _ _ 52 Coast Coast PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 -- -- PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 55 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 57 advmod _ _ 56 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 58 again again ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 59 in in ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 60 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 61 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 blaze blaze NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 63 on on ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nmod _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 67 Witch Witch PROPN NNP Number=Sing 65 nmod _ _ 68 Hill Hill PROPN NNP Number=Sing 67 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 70 and and CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 72 Maori Maori PROPN NNP Number=Sing 73 compound _ _ 73 explorers explorer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 74 nsubj _ _ 74 warmed warm VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 75 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 77 nmod:poss _ _ 76 frozen frozen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 77 amod _ _ 77 limbs limb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 74 obj _ _ 78 and and CCONJ CC _ 80 cc _ _ 79 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 80 aux:pass _ _ 80 saved save VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 74 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 81 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | participle | | the fire *not said here* | | the heart of the North Island | | by the gods | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in heart=Destination | | 2 | **burst** | past | the fire | | | Tongariro | | forth *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **speed** | gerund | the fire *not said here* | | | the rift of the River valley | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme down rift=Trajectory | | 4 | **touch** | past | prayer | a spot | | Nelson | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme spot=Co-Theme | | 5 | **touch** | past | prayer | Motu | | | again | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme motu=Co-Theme | | 6 | **appear** | past | it | | | a magic blaze on the side of Witch | then; again | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in blaze=Location | | 7 | **warm** | past | the Maori explorers | gods's frozen limbs | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent limb=Patient | | 8 | **save** | past · passive | the Maori explorers *not said here* | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP» | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/13/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/13/37/) - ↑ back to [How the Sacred Fire Came to Witch Hill.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/13/)