--- title: The flax-clumps and the _tauhinu_ bushes still murmur the name of Ng… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: The flax-clumps and the _tauhinu_ bushes still murmur the name of Ngati-Mamoe, and though _pakeha_ sheep have long grazed over the site of Tauhinu-korokio and _pakeha_ voices make lively the mountain side, the soil holds the mysterious spell of the _tapu_. Who acts: flax clumps, voices, soil. 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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 (flax clumps, voices, soil), 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:pg73766:15:16 # text = The flax-clumps and the _tauhinu_ bushes still murmur the name of Ngati-Mamoe, and though _pakeha_ sheep have long grazed over the site of Tauhinu-korokio and _pakeha_ voices make lively the mountain side, the soil holds the mysterious spell of the _tapu_. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 flax flax NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 clumps clump NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 7 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 tauhinu tauhinu NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 8 punct _ _ 10 bushes bush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 11 still still ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 murmur murmur VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Ngati Ngati PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Mamoe Mamoe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 21 though though SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 pakeha pakeha NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 23 punct _ _ 25 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 28 advmod _ _ 28 grazed graze VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 advcl _ _ 29 over over ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 site site NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 Tauhinu Tauhinu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 korokio korokio NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 pakeha pakeha NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 28 punct _ _ 40 voices voice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 41 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 42 lively lively ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 soil soil NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 49 holds hold VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 parataxis _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 mysterious mysterious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 spell spell NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 tapu tapu NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **murmur** *speech: other* | present | the flax clumps and the tauhinu bushes | the name of Ngati and Mamoe | | | still | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Topic | | 2 | **graze** | present · perfect · passive | | sheep | | the site of Tauhinu korokio and pakeha | | pakeha *advcl*; long *property* | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 3 | **make** | present | voices | the mountain side | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 4 | **hold** | present | the soil | the mysterious spell of the tapu | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spell=Theme | | 5 | **name** | | | Ngati and Mamoe | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 6 | **spell** | | | the tapu | | | | | nom spell «state transitive»: of=patient | 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/15/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/15/17/) - ↑ back to [Mount Pleasant and Its “tapu.”](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/15/)