Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, “the Crest of the Rainbow.”, sentence 52

Here, under a steep-to uplift of the ancient igneous rock, curving out above our heads in savage cornices and rude attempts at gargoyles, we look down upon a picture of surprising beauty, one of the many surprises folded in among these Port Hills.

Who acts: ancient igneous rock, we · What happens: curve out, look down, fold, uplift · To what, where: heads, many surprises, Port Hills

This is a sentence of «Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand» by James Cowan, “the Crest of the Rainbow.”. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (ancient igneous rock, we), 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	Here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Here	punct
3	under	under	ADP	_	8 uplift	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 uplift	det
5	steep	steep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 uplift	amod
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 steep	punct
7	to	to	PART	_	8 uplift	mark
8	uplift	uplift	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Here	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	13 rock	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 rock	det
11	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 rock	amod
12	igneous	igneous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 rock	amod
13	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 uplift	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 curving	punct
15	curving	curve	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 rock	acl
16	out	out	ADP	_	15 curving	compound:prt
17	above	above	ADP	_	19 heads	case
18	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 heads	nmod:poss
19	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 curving	obl
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 cornices	case
21	savage	savage	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 cornices	amod
22	cornices	cornice	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 curving	obl
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 attempts	cc
24	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 attempts	amod
25	attempts	attempt	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 cornices	conj
26	at	at	ADP	_	27 gargoyles	case
27	gargoyles	gargoyle	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 attempts	nmod
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 look	punct
29	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	30 look	nsubj
30	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Here	parataxis
31	down	down	ADV	_	30 look	advmod
32	upon	upon	ADP	_	34 picture	case
33	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	34 picture	det
34	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 look	obl
35	of	of	ADP	_	37 beauty	case
36	surprising	surprising	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 beauty	amod
37	beauty	beauty	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 picture	nmod
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 one	punct
39	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	37 beauty	appos
40	of	of	ADP	_	43 surprises	case
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 surprises	det
42	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 surprises	amod
43	surprises	surprise	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 one	nmod
44	folded	fold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	43 surprises	acl
45	in	in	ADP	_	49 Hills	case
46	among	among	ADP	_	49 Hills	case
47	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	49 Hills	det
48	Port	Port	PROPN	Number=Sing	49 Hills	compound
49	Hills	Hill	PROPN	Number=Plur	44 folded	obl
50	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Here	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	curve out	gerund	the ancient igneous rock not said here		our heads	in savage cornices and rude attempts at gargoyles	vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material
2	look down	present	we			upon a picture of surprising beauty; down property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon picture=Theme
3	fold	participle		the many surprises not said here	this Port Hills		vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
5	uplift		the ancient igneous rock				nom uplift «event intransitive»: of=agent

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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🌲 Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, “the Crest of the Rainbow.”, sentence 52

The tree

Pragmatics

Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, “the Crest of the Rainbow.”, sentence 52