Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, Rapaki: a Village By the Sea., sentence 106

The harbour lies a sheet of scarcely moving tender turquoise, just a shade lighter than the face of the famous Tikitapu, inaccurately called the Blue Lake by the _pakeha_; high beyond the shark’s-teeth of the peaks that someone has named the Seven Sleepers are drawn in soft blue upon the rose of the heaven above, their feet are bathed in violet, and the purple mists swim wraith-like from their hidden hollows.

Who acts: harbour, sheet, purple mists · What happens: lie, move, call, name, draw, bath · To what, where: sheet, tender turquoise, famous Tikitapu, someone, Seven Sleepers, soft blue · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand» by James Cowan, Rapaki: a Village By the Sea.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (harbour, sheet, purple mists), 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	2 harbour	det
2	harbour	harbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lies	nsubj
3	lies	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sheet	det
5	sheet	sheet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lies	obj
6	of	of	SCONJ	_	8 moving	mark
7	scarcely	scarcely	ADV	_	8 moving	advmod
8	moving	move	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 sheet	acl
9	tender	tender	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 turquoise	amod
10	turquoise	turquoise	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 moving	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 shade	punct
12	just	just	ADV	_	14 shade	advmod
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 shade	det
14	shade	shade	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 turquoise	appos
15	lighter	light	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	14 shade	amod
16	than	than	ADP	_	18 face	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 face	det
18	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 lighter	obl
19	of	of	ADP	_	22 Tikitapu	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 Tikitapu	det
21	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 Tikitapu	amod
22	Tikitapu	Tikitapu	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 face	nmod
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 called	punct
24	inaccurately	inaccurately	ADV	_	25 called	advmod
25	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 Tikitapu	acl
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 Lake	det
27	Blue	Blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 Lake	amod
28	Lake	Lake	PROPN	Number=Sing	25 called	xcomp
29	by	by	ADP	_	32 pakeha	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 pakeha	det
31	_	_	PUNCT	_	32 pakeha	punct
32	pakeha	pakeha	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 called	obl
33	_	_	PUNCT	_	25 called	punct
34	;	;	PUNCT	_	35 high	punct
35	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lies	parataxis
36	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	38 shark’s	case
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 shark’s	det
38	shark’s	shark'	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 high	obl
39	-	-	PUNCT	_	38 shark’s	punct
40	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 shark’s	conj
41	of	of	ADP	_	43 peaks	case
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 peaks	det
43	peaks	peak	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 teeth	nmod
44	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	47 named	obj
45	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	47 named	nsubj:pass
46	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	47 named	aux
47	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	43 peaks	acl:relcl
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 Sleepers	det
49	Seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	50 Sleepers	nummod
50	Sleepers	Sleeper	PROPN	Number=Plur	52 drawn	nsubj
51	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	52 drawn	aux:pass
52	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	47 named	ccomp
53	in	in	ADP	_	55 blue	case
54	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 blue	amod
55	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 drawn	obl
56	upon	upon	ADP	_	58 rose	case
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 rose	det
58	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 drawn	obl
59	of	of	ADP	_	61 heaven	case
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 heaven	det
61	heaven	heaven	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 rose	nmod
62	above	above	ADV	_	61 heaven	advmod
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 bathed	punct
64	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	65 feet	nmod:poss
65	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	67 bathed	nsubj:pass
66	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	67 bathed	aux:pass
67	bathed	bath	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 lies	parataxis
68	in	in	ADP	_	69 violet	case
69	violet	violet	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 bathed	obl
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	75 swim	punct
71	and	and	CCONJ	_	75 swim	cc
72	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	74 mists	det
73	purple	purple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	74 mists	amod
74	mists	mist	NOUN	Number=Plur	75 swim	nsubj
75	swim	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	67 bathed	conj
76	wraith	wraith	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 like	compound
77	-	-	PUNCT	_	76 wraith	punct
78	like	like	ADJ	Degree=Pos	75 swim	advcl
79	from	from	ADP	_	82 hollows	case
80	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	82 hollows	nmod:poss
81	hidden	hidden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	82 hollows	amod
82	hollows	hollow	NOUN	Number=Plur	75 swim	obl
83	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lies	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	lie	present	the harbour	a sheet			vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sheet=Theme
2	move	gerund	a sheet not said here	tender turquoise		scarcely property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent turquoise=Theme
3	call	participle		the famous Tikitapu not said here		by the pakeha; the Blue Lake xcomp; inaccurately property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	name	present · perfect · passive		someone		the peaks obj	tree rules
5	draw	present · passive		the Seven Sleepers	soft blue	upon the rose of the heaven	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in blue=Destination
6	bath	present · passive		Sleepers's feet	violet		tree rules
7	swim	present	the purple mists		mists's hidden hollows		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from hollow=Trajectory

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, Rapaki: a Village By the Sea., sentence 106