--- title: And when the chief left the spot next day to continue his journey he… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: And when the chief left the spot next day to continue his journey he said, “Let this place be called The Place where Tamatea’s Fire-Ashes Lie”; and so to-day the rocky wall which the white man has named the Giant’s Causeway is to the Maori “Te Whaka-takanga-o-te-Karehu-a-Tamatea.” Who acts: chief, b --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/13/38/) [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/) / 38 # Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, How the Sacred Fire Came to Witch Hill., sentence 38 And when the chief left the spot next day to continue his journey he said, “Let this place be called The Place where Tamatea’s Fire-Ashes Lie”; and so to-day the rocky wall which the white man has named the Giant’s Causeway is to the Maori “Te Whaka-takanga-o-te-Karehu-a-Tamatea.” **Who acts:** chief, bay, place, Fire Ashes, rocky wall · **What happens:** leave, continue, say, let, call, lie · **To what, where:** spot, journey, place, white man · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (chief, bay, place, Fire Ashes), 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:pg73766:13:38 # text = And when the chief left the spot next day to continue his journey he said, “Let this place be called The Place where Tamatea’s Fire-Ashes Lie”; and so to-day the rocky wall which the white man has named the Giant’s Causeway is to the Maori “Te Whaka-takanga-o-te-Karehu-a-Tamatea.” 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 continue continue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 19 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 det _ _ 20 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 xcomp _ _ 23 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 31 advmod _ _ 26 Tamatea Tamatea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ’s 's PART POS _ 26 case _ _ 28 Fire Fire PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 Ashes ash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 31 Lie lie VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ” " PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 rocky rocky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 42 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 47 obj _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj:pass _ _ 46 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 acl:relcl _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 49 Giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ’s 's PART POS _ 49 case _ _ 51 Causeway Causeway PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 xcomp _ _ 52 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 cop _ _ 53 to to ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 Maori Maori PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 56 “ " PUNCT `` _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 Te Te PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 conj _ _ 58 Whaka Whaka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 59 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 takanga takanga NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 61 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 64 case _ SpaceAfter=No 63 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 62 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 te te NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 65 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 Karehu Karehu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 64 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 67 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 70 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 70 det _ SpaceAfter=No 69 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 68 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 Tamatea Tamatea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 66 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 72 ” " PUNCT '' _ 64 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past | the chief | the spot | | | day | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spot=Theme | | 2 | **continue** | to-infinitive | the chief *not said here* | bay's journey | | | | | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent journey=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | bay | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | this place | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **call** *in a quote* | infinitive · passive | this place *not said here* | the Place | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: place=Recipient | | 6 | **lie** *in a quote* | present | Tamatea's Fire Ashes | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **name** | present · perfect · passive | | the white man | | | | the rocky wall *obj*; the Giant Causeway *xcomp* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme which=Attribute | | 8 | **is** | present | the rocky wall | | | | day | to the Maori and Te; Te *conj* | tree rules | | 9 | **journey** | | bay | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/13/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/13/39/) - ↑ back to [How the Sacred Fire Came to Witch Hill.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/13/)