--- title: A woman of the Ngai-Tahu, or Ngati-Mamoe, at Akaroa, who was said to… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: A woman of the Ngai-Tahu, or Ngati-Mamoe, at Akaroa, who was said to be in love with a fairy, but who no doubt also loved the palatable muttonbird, chanted this little _waiata_, a song of fairy times which is still to be heard at Rapaki and other Native villages:-- Who acts: Ngati, fairy times. 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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 (Ngati, fairy times), 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:pg73766:14:56 # text = A woman of the Ngai-Tahu, or Ngati-Mamoe, at Akaroa, who was said to be in love with a fairy, but who no doubt also loved the palatable muttonbird, chanted this little _waiata_, a song of fairy times which is still to be heard at Rapaki and other Native villages:-- 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 Ngai Ngai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Tahu Tahu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 Ngati Ngati PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Mamoe Mamoe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Akaroa Akaroa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 cop _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 ccomp _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 30 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 31 det _ _ 31 doubt doubt NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 32 also also ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 palatable palatable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 muttonbird muttonbird NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 chanted chant VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 parataxis _ _ 39 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 41 nsubj _ _ 40 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 _ _ X GW _ 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 waiata waiata X NN _ 41 goeswith _ SpaceAfter=No 43 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 49 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nmod _ _ 50 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 55 obj _ _ 51 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 cop _ _ 52 still still ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 53 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 54 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 55 aux:pass _ _ 55 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 acl:relcl _ _ 56 at at ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 Rapaki Rapaki PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 59 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 60 Native native ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 villages village NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 : : PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 -- -- PUNCT NFP _ 2 discourse _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | Akaroa | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | | 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | love | | with a fairy | tree rules | | 3 | **love** | past | Ngati and Akaroa and a song of fairy times | the palatable muttonbird | | | | no doubt *nsubj* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer muttonbird=Stimulus | | 4 | **chant** | past | | little \_ this | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent \_=Topic | | 5 | **is** | present · passive | | | | Rapaki and other Native villages | fairy times; still | hear *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **sing** | | fairy times | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: of=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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/14/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/14/57/) - ↑ back to [The Little People of the Mist.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/14/)