--- title: The _Kaumatua_ gave it as one of his fairy peaks, its Native name is… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: The _Kaumatua_ gave it as one of his fairy peaks, its Native name is Te U-Kura, and as far as I have been able to ascertain, it bears no official _pakeha_ name. Who acts: Kaumatua, fairy, Native name, I. 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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 (Kaumatua, fairy, Native name, I), 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:pg73766:14:35 # text = The _Kaumatua_ gave it as one of his fairy peaks, its Native name is Te U-Kura, and as far as I have been able to ascertain, it bears no official _pakeha_ name. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Kaumatua Kaumatua PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 5 punct _ _ 5 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 obj _ _ 9 of of SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 peaks peak VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 14 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 Native native ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 18 Te te ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 19 U U PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 Kura Kura PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 24 as as ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 30 advmod _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 cop _ _ 30 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 advcl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 ascertain ascertain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 bears bear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 36 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 39 det _ _ 37 official official ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 38 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 pakeha pakeha NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 41 punct _ _ 41 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | the Kaumatua | sight | | | | one *obj* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient one=Theme | | 2 | **peak** | present | Kaumatua's fairy | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | present | sight's Native name | Te U Kura | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | present · perfect | I | | | | | able, far *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **ascertain** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **bear** | | sight | no official pakeha and name | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **name** | | sight | | | | | | 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/14/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/14/36/) - ↑ back to [The Little People of the Mist.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/14/)