--- title: O titi, bird of the sea, Bird of the hilltop cave, Come back to O-te… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: O titi, bird of the sea, Bird of the hilltop cave, Come back to O-te-Patatu, To the lofty dwelling Where the sweet sounds are heard, The sound of the faery flute, The music of the mountains That thrilled me through and through! Who acts: titi, music. 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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 (titi, music), 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:pg73766:14:59 # text = O titi, bird of the sea, Bird of the hilltop cave, Come back to O-te-Patatu, To the lofty dwelling Where the sweet sounds are heard, The sound of the faery flute, The music of the mountains That thrilled me through and through! 1 O o INTJ UH _ 2 discourse _ _ 2 titi titi NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 Bird Bird PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 hilltop hilltop NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 16 back back ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 O o NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 te te NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Patatu Patatu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 To to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 lofty lofty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 dwelling dwelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 parataxis _ _ 28 Where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 33 advmod _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 sounds sound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 faery faery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 flute flute NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nmod _ _ 47 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 48 nsubj _ _ 48 thrilled thrill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ _ 49 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 through through ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 through through ADV RB _ 50 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ! ! PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come back** | infinitive | titi | | | O te | | the lofty dwelling and the sound of the faery flute the music of the mountains *parataxis* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to te=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **hear** | present · passive | | the sweet sounds | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | | 3 | **thrill** | past | the music of the mountains | me | | | | through *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer | 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/14/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/14/60/) - ↑ back to [The Little People of the Mist.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/14/)