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title: This Poho-o-Tamatea, the high peak behind the _kainga_ of Rapaki, wa… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics
description: This Poho-o-Tamatea, the high peak behind the _kainga_ of Rapaki, was one of their homes, their _pas_, but there were others, the high places of the fairies, all around these hills, from my peak above there right away along the peak-tops touched by the Summit Road, right round to Cooper’s Knobs and 
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# Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, The Little People of the Mist., sentence 15

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This Poho-o-Tamatea, the high peak behind the \_kainga\_ of Rapaki, was one of their homes, their \_pas\_, but there were others, the high places of the fairies, all around these hills, from my peak above there right away along the peak-tops touched by the Summit Road, right round to Cooper’s Knobs and then on to the Peninsula, even to Otoki, the haunted mountain which the \_pakeha\_ calls Brazenose, on the southern side of Akaroa town.”

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**Who acts:** Poho, others, pakeha · **What happens:** be, touch, haunt, call · **To what, where:** one, peak tops, haunted mountain · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand» by James Cowan, The Little People of the Mist.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Poho, others, pakeha), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg73766:14:15
# text = This Poho-o-Tamatea, the high peak behind the _kainga_ of Rapaki, was one of their homes, their _pas_, but there were others, the high places of the fairies, all around these hills, from my peak above there right away along the peak-tops touched by the Summit Road, right round to Cooper’s Knobs and then on to the Peninsula, even to Otoki, the haunted mountain which the _pakeha_ calls Brazenose, on the southern side of Akaroa town.”
1	This	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	Poho	Poho	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	o	of	ADP	IN	Abbr=Yes	6	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Tamatea	Tamatea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	peak	peak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
11	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	kainga	kainga	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	14	punct	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Rapaki	Rapaki	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
19	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
20	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	homes	home	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
25	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
26	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	pas	pa	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
30	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
31	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	32	expl	_	_
32	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	parataxis	_	_
33	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
36	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
37	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	nmod	_	_
38	of	of	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	fairies	fairy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
42	all	all	ADV	RB	_	45	advmod	_	_
43	around	around	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	45	det	_	_
45	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
47	from	from	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	49	nmod:poss	_	_
49	peak	peak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	conj	_	_
50	above	above	ADV	RB	_	51	advmod	_	_
51	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	49	advmod	_	_
52	right	right	ADV	RB	_	53	advmod	_	_
53	away	away	ADV	RB	_	49	acl	_	_
54	along	along	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
56	peak	peak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	56	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	tops	top	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	obl	_	_
59	touched	touch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	58	acl	_	_
60	by	by	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
62	Summit	Summit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	63	compound	_	_
63	Road	Road	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	59	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	70	punct	_	_
65	right	right	ADV	RB	_	66	advmod	_	_
66	round	round	ADV	RB	_	70	advmod	_	_
67	to	to	ADP	IN	_	70	case	_	_
68	Cooper	Cooper	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	70	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	’s	's	PART	POS	_	68	case	_	_
70	Knobs	Knob	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	63	conj	_	_
71	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	73	cc	_	_
72	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	73	advmod	_	_
73	on	on	ADV	RB	_	53	conj	_	_
74	to	to	ADP	IN	_	76	case	_	_
75	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	76	det	_	_
76	Peninsula	Peninsula	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	73	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
77	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	80	punct	_	_
78	even	even	ADV	RB	_	80	advmod	_	_
79	to	to	ADP	IN	_	80	case	_	_
80	Otoki	Otoki	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	53	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
81	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	84	punct	_	_
82	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	84	det	_	_
83	haunted	haunt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	84	amod	_	_
84	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	80	appos	_	_
85	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	90	obj	_	_
86	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	88	det	_	_
87	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	88	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
88	pakeha	pakeha	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	90	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
89	_	_	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	90	nsubj	_	_
90	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	84	acl:relcl	_	_
91	Brazenose	Brazenose	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	90	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
92	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	96	punct	_	_
93	on	on	ADP	IN	_	96	case	_	_
94	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	96	det	_	_
95	southern	southern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	96	amod	_	_
96	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	90	xcomp	_	_
97	of	of	ADP	IN	_	99	case	_	_
98	Akaroa	Akaroa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	99	compound	_	_
99	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	96	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
100	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	80	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
101	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | this Poho and Tamatea | one |  |  |  | of Poho's homes | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** | past | others  the high places of the fairies and this hills and my peak |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **touch** | participle |  | the peak tops *not said here* |  |  |  | by the Summit Road and Cooper's Knobs | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **haunt** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 5 | **call** | present | the pakeha | the haunted mountain |  |  |  | \_ *nsubj*; Brazenose *xcomp*; the southern side of Akaroa town *xcomp* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent which=Recipient |

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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.

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**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.

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