Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, “the Crest of the Rainbow.”, sentence 73
The little bush on either hand here runs almost to the ridge top, and we come suddenly out of the _koromiko_ thicket on to the great cave-worn ramparts and have a clear track to the Summit Road again.
Who acts: little bush, we · What happens: run, come, have · To what, where: koromiko, clear track
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 (little bush, 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 bush | det |
| 2 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 bush | amod |
| 3 | bush | bush | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 runs | nsubj |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 hand | case |
| 5 | either | either | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 hand | det |
| 6 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bush | nmod |
| 7 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 runs | advmod |
| 8 | runs | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | almost | almost | ADV | _ | 13 top | advmod |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 top | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 top | det |
| 12 | ridge | ridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 top | compound |
| 13 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 runs | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 come | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 come | cc |
| 16 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 come | nsubj |
| 17 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 runs | conj |
| 18 | suddenly | suddenly | ADV | _ | 17 come | advmod |
| 19 | out | out | ADP | _ | 23 koromiko | case |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 koromiko | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 koromiko | det |
| 22 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 23 koromiko | punct |
| 23 | koromiko | koromiko | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 come | obl |
| 24 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 25 thicket | punct |
| 25 | thicket | thicket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 koromiko | conj |
| 26 | on | on | ADP | _ | 33 ramparts | case |
| 27 | to | to | ADP | _ | 33 ramparts | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 ramparts | det |
| 29 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 ramparts | amod |
| 30 | cave | cave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 worn | compound |
| 31 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 30 cave | punct |
| 32 | worn | worn | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 ramparts | amod |
| 33 | ramparts | rampart | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 thicket | nmod |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 have | cc |
| 35 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 come | conj |
| 36 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 38 track | det |
| 37 | clear | clear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 track | amod |
| 38 | track | track | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 have | obj |
| 39 | to | to | ADP | _ | 42 Road | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 Road | det |
| 41 | Summit | Summit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 Road | compound |
| 42 | Road | Road | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 track | nmod |
| 43 | again | again | ADV | _ | 35 have | advmod |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 runs | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | present | the little bush on either hand | here | to the ridge top result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to top=Result | |||
| 2 | come | present | we | the koromiko and thicket on the great worn ramparts | suddenly property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme out koromiko=Initial_Location | |||
| 3 | have | present | we not said here | a clear track | again | to the Summit Road | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent track=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.
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