--- title: The explorer bestowed his name upon the height, _tapa-ing_ it after… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: The explorer bestowed his name upon the height, _tapa-ing_ it after himself and his sacred breast, much as a present-day traveller justly might claim the right to map-name some peak after himself. Who acts: explorer, much. 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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 (explorer, much), 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:pg73766:13:51 # text = The explorer bestowed his name upon the height, _tapa-ing_ it after himself and his sacred breast, much as a present-day traveller justly might claim the right to map-name some peak after himself. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 explorer explorer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 bestowed bestow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 upon upon ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 tapa tapa NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ing ing NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 17 punct _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 after after ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 20 sacred sacred ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 nsubj _ _ 24 as as ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 26 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 traveller traveller NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 30 justly justly ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 31 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 claim claim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 right right NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 map map VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 name name VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 39 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 40 det _ _ 40 peak peak NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 after after ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bestow** | past | the explorer | explorer's name | | | after explorer | upon the height and tapa ing | tree rules | | 2 | **claim** *speech: other* | might | much as a day traveller | the right | | | | justly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent right=Topic | | 3 | **map** | to-infinitive | much as a day traveller *not said here* | the right *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **name** | infinitive | much as a day traveller *not said here* | some peak | | | after explorer | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peak=Theme | | 5 | **name** | | explorer | | | | | | nom name «communication 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/13/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/13/52/) - ↑ back to [How the Sacred Fire Came to Witch Hill.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/13/)