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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 nomenclature | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 nomenclature | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 nomenclature | det |
| 4 | Port | Port | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Hills | compound |
| 5 | Hills | Hill | PROPN | Number=Plur | 7 nomenclature | nmod:poss |
| 6 | ’ | 's | PART | _ | 5 Hills | case |
| 7 | nomenclature | nomenclature | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 perhaps | punct |
| 9 | perhaps | perhaps | ADV | _ | 7 nomenclature | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 carries | punct |
| 11 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 carries | nsubj |
| 12 | carries | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 nomenclature | parataxis |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 suggestions | det |
| 14 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 15 poetic | advmod |
| 15 | poetic | poetic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 suggestions | amod |
| 16 | suggestions | suggestion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 carries | obj |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 any | case |
| 18 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 16 suggestions | nmod |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 names | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 names | det |
| 21 | Canterbury | Canterbury | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 names | compound |
| 22 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 names | compound |
| 23 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 22 place | punct |
| 24 | names | name | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 any | nmod |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 here | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 here | cc |
| 27 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 12 carries | advmod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 perhaps | punct |
| 29 | perhaps | perhaps | ADV | _ | 27 here | conj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 dwellers | punct |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 dwellers | det |
| 32 | dwellers | dweller | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 carries | conj |
| 33 | on | on | ADP | _ | 35 heights | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 heights | det |
| 35 | heights | height | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 dwellers | nmod |
| 36 | in | in | ADP | _ | 38 days | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 days | det |
| 38 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 heights | nmod |
| 39 | to | to | PART | _ | 40 come | mark |
| 40 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 carries | advcl |
| 41 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 51 dotted | mark |
| 42 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 49 slopes | det:predet |
| 43 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 49 slopes | det |
| 44 | Plain | plain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 slopes | amod |
| 45 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 44 Plain | punct |
| 46 | ward | ward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 looking | compound |
| 47 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 46 ward | punct |
| 48 | looking | look | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 49 slopes | amod |
| 49 | slopes | slope | NOUN | Number=Plur | 51 dotted | nsubj:pass |
| 50 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 51 dotted | aux:pass |
| 51 | dotted | dot | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 40 come | advcl |
| 52 | with | with | ADP | _ | 54 homes | case |
| 53 | pretty | pretty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 homes | amod |
| 54 | homes | home | NOUN | Number=Plur | 51 dotted | obl |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 seek | punct |
| 56 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 57 seek | aux |
| 57 | seek | seek | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 nomenclature | conj |
| 58 | inspiration | inspiration | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 seek | obj |
| 59 | in | in | ADP | _ | 61 legendry | case |
| 60 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 61 legendry | amod |
| 61 | legendry | legendry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 seek | obl |
| 62 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 63 history | cc |
| 63 | history | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 legendry | conj |
| 64 | of | of | ADP | _ | 66 soil | case |
| 65 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 66 soil | det |
| 66 | soil | soil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 history | nmod |
| 67 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 74 preserved | mark |
| 68 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 74 preserved | nsubj:pass |
| 69 | of | of | ADP | _ | 72 generation | case |
| 70 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 72 generation | det |
| 71 | present | present | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 72 generation | amod |
| 72 | generation | generation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 we | nmod |
| 73 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 74 preserved | aux |
| 74 | preserved | preserve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 57 seek | advcl |
| 75 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 nomenclature | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | Port Hills's nomenclature | Port Hills nmod:poss; perhaps property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | carry | present | that | the poetic suggestions of any of the Canterbury place names | here | the dwellers on the heights in the days conj | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent suggestion=Theme | ||
| 3 | come | to-infinitive | that not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | look | gerund | ward compound | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 5 | dot | present · passive | all Plain looking slopes | with pretty homes | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with home=Theme | ||||
| 6 | seek | future | inspiration | such legendry and history of the soil | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent inspiration=Theme in legendry=Location | ||||
| 7 | preserve | present · perfect · passive | we | vn 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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