--- title: The _korokio_ is a small bushy black-branched growth which the _tauh… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: The _korokio_ is a small bushy black-branched growth which the _tauhinu_, as the Maoris say, often embraces and smothers, as the _rata_ eventually smothers the tree which it clasps. Who acts: korokio _, small bushy branched growth, Maoris, tree. 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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 (korokio \_, small bushy branched growth, Maoris, tree), 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:pg73766:15:6 # text = The _korokio_ is a small bushy black-branched growth which the _tauhinu_, as the Maoris say, often embraces and smothers, as the _rata_ eventually smothers the tree which it clasps. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 korokio korokio NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 _ _ NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 7 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 8 bushy bushy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 9 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 branched branch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 amod _ _ 12 growth growth NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 13 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 tauhinu tauhinu NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 17 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Maoris Maori PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ _ 22 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 often often ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 embraces embrace NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 smothers smother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 as as ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 _ _ ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 rata rata NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 25 punct _ _ 34 eventually eventually ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 smothers smother VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 clasps clasp VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **branch** | participle | | | | | | | vn differ-23.4 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | present | the korokio \_ | a small bushy branched growth | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **tauhinu** | | a small bushy branched growth | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Maoris | embraces and smothers and the \_ rata | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent embrace=Topic | | 5 | **smother** | present | the Maoris *not said here* | the tree | | | | eventually *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tree=Destination | | 6 | **clasp** | present | the tree | | | | | \_ *nsubj* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/15/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/15/7/) - ↑ back to [Mount Pleasant and Its “tapu.”](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/15/)