--- title: Taare Tikao himself says that many years ago, when he was shearing a… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: Taare Tikao himself says that many years ago, when he was shearing at Major Hornbrook’s, he was taken suddenly and mysteriously ill, and that the illness was probably the effect of the local _tapu_. Who acts: Taare, illness. 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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 (Taare, illness), 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:pg73766:15:18 # text = Taare Tikao himself says that many years ago, when he was shearing at Major Hornbrook’s, he was taken suddenly and mysteriously ill, and that the illness was probably the effect of the local _tapu_. 1 Taare Taare PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 Tikao Tikao PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 1 nmod:unmarked _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 ago ago ADV RB _ 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 shearing shear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 Major Major PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 Hornbrook Hornbrook PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ’s 's PART POS _ 16 case _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 22 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 mysteriously mysteriously ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 illness illness NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 32 probably probably ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 effect effect NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 local local ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 38 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 tapu tapu NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Taare Taare | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **shear** | past · progressive | Taare | | | Major Hornbrook | | | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **take** | past · passive | | Taare | | | | suddenly *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination | | 4 | **is a** | past | the illness | the effect | | | | of the local tapu; probably *property* | tree rules | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/15/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/15/19/) - ↑ back to [Mount Pleasant and Its “tapu.”](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/15/)