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Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, The Port Hills and Their Names., sentence 1

It is the Port Hills’ nomenclature, perhaps, that carries the most poetic suggestions of any of the Canterbury place-names, and here, perhaps, the dwellers on the heights in the days to come when all these Plain-ward-looking slopes are dotted with pretty homes, will seek inspiration in such legendry and history of the soil as we of the present generation have preserved.

Who acts: It, that · What happens: be, carry, come, look, dot, seek · To what, where: nomenclature, poetic suggestions, Plain looking slopes, inspiration, such legendry, we

This is a sentence of «Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand» by James Cowan, The Port Hills and Their Names.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (It, that), 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

nsubjcopdetcompoundnmod:posscasepunctadvmodpunctnsubjparataxisdetadvmodamodobjcasenmodcasedetcompoundcompoundpunctnmodpunctccadvmodpunctconjpunctdetconjcasedetnmodcasedetnmodmarkadvclmarkdet:predetdetamodpunctcompoundpunctamodnsubj:passaux:passadvclcaseamodoblpunctauxconjobjcaseamodoblccconjcasedetnmodmarknsubj:passcasedetamodnmodauxadvclpunctrootItPRONisAUXtheDETPortPROPNHillsPROPN’PARTnomenclatureNOUN,PUNCTperhapsADV,PUNCTthatPRONcarriesVERBtheDETmostADVpoeticADJsuggestionsNOUNofADPanyDETofADPtheDETCanterburyPROPNplaceNOUN-PUNCTnamesNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJhereADV,PUNCTperhapsADV,PUNCTtheDETdwellersNOUNonADPtheDETheightsNOUNinADPtheDETdaysNOUNtoPARTcomeVERBwhenSCONJallDETtheseDETPlainADJ-PUNCTwardNOUN-PUNCTlookingVERBslopesNOUNareAUXdottedVERBwithADPprettyADJhomesNOUN,PUNCTwillAUXseekVERBinspirationNOUNinADPsuchADJlegendryNOUNandCCONJhistoryNOUNofADPtheDETsoilNOUNasSCONJwePRONofADPtheDETpresentADJgenerationNOUNhaveAUXpreservedVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 nomenclaturensubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 nomenclaturecop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 nomenclaturedet
4PortPortPROPNNumber=Sing5 Hillscompound
5HillsHillPROPNNumber=Plur7 nomenclaturenmod:poss
6’'sPART_5 Hillscase
7nomenclaturenomenclatureNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
8,,PUNCT_9 perhapspunct
9perhapsperhapsADV_7 nomenclatureadvmod
10,,PUNCT_12 carriespunct
11thatthatPRONPronType=Rel12 carriesnsubj
12carriescarryVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 nomenclatureparataxis
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 suggestionsdet
14mostmostADVDegree=Sup15 poeticadvmod
15poeticpoeticADJDegree=Pos16 suggestionsamod
16suggestionssuggestionNOUNNumber=Plur12 carriesobj
17ofofADP_18 anycase
18anyanyDETPronType=Ind16 suggestionsnmod
19ofofADP_24 namescase
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art24 namesdet
21CanterburyCanterburyPROPNNumber=Sing24 namescompound
22placeplaceNOUNNumber=Sing24 namescompound
23--PUNCT_22 placepunct
24namesnameNOUNNumber=Plur18 anynmod
25,,PUNCT_27 herepunct
26andandCCONJ_27 herecc
27herehereADVPronType=Dem12 carriesadvmod
28,,PUNCT_29 perhapspunct
29perhapsperhapsADV_27 hereconj
30,,PUNCT_32 dwellerspunct
31thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art32 dwellersdet
32dwellersdwellerNOUNNumber=Plur12 carriesconj
33ononADP_35 heightscase
34thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art35 heightsdet
35heightsheightNOUNNumber=Plur32 dwellersnmod
36ininADP_38 dayscase
37thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art38 daysdet
38daysdayNOUNNumber=Plur35 heightsnmod
39totoPART_40 comemark
40comecomeVERBVerbForm=Inf12 carriesadvcl
41whenwhenSCONJ_51 dottedmark
42allallDETPronType=Tot49 slopesdet:predet
43thesethisDETNumber=Plur PronType=Dem49 slopesdet
44PlainplainADJDegree=Pos49 slopesamod
45--PUNCT_44 Plainpunct
46wardwardNOUNNumber=Sing48 lookingcompound
47--PUNCT_46 wardpunct
48lookinglookVERBVerbForm=Ger49 slopesamod
49slopesslopeNOUNNumber=Plur51 dottednsubj:pass
50arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin51 dottedaux:pass
51dotteddotVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass40 comeadvcl
52withwithADP_54 homescase
53prettyprettyADJDegree=Pos54 homesamod
54homeshomeNOUNNumber=Plur51 dottedobl
55,,PUNCT_57 seekpunct
56willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin57 seekaux
57seekseekVERBVerbForm=Inf7 nomenclatureconj
58inspirationinspirationNOUNNumber=Sing57 seekobj
59ininADP_61 legendrycase
60suchsuchADJDegree=Pos61 legendryamod
61legendrylegendryNOUNNumber=Sing57 seekobl
62andandCCONJ_63 historycc
63historyhistoryNOUNNumber=Sing61 legendryconj
64ofofADP_66 soilcase
65thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art66 soildet
66soilsoilNOUNNumber=Sing63 historynmod
67asasSCONJ_74 preservedmark
68wewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs74 preservednsubj:pass
69ofofADP_72 generationcase
70thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art72 generationdet
71presentpresentADJDegree=Pos72 generationamod
72generationgenerationNOUNNumber=Sing68 wenmod
73havehaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin74 preservedaux
74preservedpreserveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass57 seekadvcl
75..PUNCT_7 nomenclaturepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentItPort Hills's nomenclaturePort Hills nmod:poss; perhaps propertytree rules
2carrypresentthatthe poetic suggestions of any of the Canterbury place namesherethe dwellers on the heights in the days conjvn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent suggestion=Theme
3cometo-infinitivethat not said herevn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4lookgerundward compoundvn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
5dotpresent · passiveall Plain looking slopeswith pretty homesvn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with home=Theme
6seekfutureinspirationsuch legendry and history of the soilvn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent inspiration=Theme in legendry=Location
7preservepresent · perfect · passivewevn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary

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.

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