Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, Rapaki: a Village By the Sea., sentence 53

When first I went round the high bend in the harbour-side road from Lyttelton and saw Rapaki village a-slumber in the afternoon sun below, all in its green and gold of groves and flowers, grassy fields lapped about it in soft folds, the sea coming up in gentle breathings at the foot of the little cliffs, and the grand old crags above, with one huge _taiaha_-head of a peak lording it sentry-wise over all, I thought that for beauty of setting very few Maori _kaingas_ even in the romantic bushlands and highlands of the North Island were peers of this hamlet of the Ngai-Tahu, almost jostled off the map by the crowding hordes of the _pakeha_.

Who acts: I, green, sea, peak, grand old crags, beauty · What happens: go, see, lap, come up, lord, think · To what, where: side road, Rapaki village, afternoon sun, gentle breathings, sea, that

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 (I, green, sea, peak), 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	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	2 first	advmod
2	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 went	advmod
3	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 went	nsubj
4	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	round	round	ADP	_	8 bend	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bend	det
7	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bend	amod
8	bend	bend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 went	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	14 road	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 road	det
11	harbour	harbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 side	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 harbour	punct
13	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 road	compound
14	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 went	obl
15	from	from	ADP	_	16 Lyttelton	case
16	Lyttelton	Lyttelton	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 road	nmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 saw	cc
18	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 went	conj
19	Rapaki	Rapaki	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 village	compound
20	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 saw	obj
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 slumber	det
22	-	-	PUNCT	_	21 a	punct
23	slumber	slumber	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 saw	obj
24	in	in	ADP	_	27 sun	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 sun	det
26	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 sun	compound
27	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 saw	obl
28	below	below	ADV	_	27 sun	advmod
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 green	punct
30	all	all	ADV	_	33 green	advmod
31	in	in	ADP	_	33 green	case
32	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	33 green	nmod:poss
33	green	green	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 lapped	nsubj
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 gold	cc
35	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 green	conj
36	of	of	ADP	_	37 groves	case
37	groves	grove	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 gold	nmod
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 flowers	cc
39	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 groves	conj
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 fields	punct
41	grassy	grassy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 fields	amod
42	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 groves	conj
43	lapped	lap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 went	conj
44	about	about	ADP	_	45 it	case
45	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 lapped	obl
46	in	in	ADP	_	48 folds	case
47	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 folds	amod
48	folds	fold	NOUN	Number=Plur	43 lapped	obl
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 coming	punct
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 sea	det
51	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 coming	nsubj
52	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	43 lapped	advcl
53	up	up	ADP	_	52 coming	compound:prt
54	in	in	ADP	_	56 breathings	case
55	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	56 breathings	amod
56	breathings	breathing	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 coming	obl
57	at	at	ADP	_	59 foot	case
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 foot	det
59	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 breathings	nmod
60	of	of	ADP	_	63 cliffs	case
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 cliffs	det
62	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	63 cliffs	amod
63	cliffs	cliff	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 foot	nmod
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	92 thought	punct
65	and	and	CCONJ	_	92 thought	cc
66	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	69 crags	det
67	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 crags	amod
68	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 crags	amod
69	crags	crag	NOUN	Number=Plur	92 thought	nsubj
70	above	above	ADV	_	69 crags	advmod
71	,	,	PUNCT	_	76 taiaha	punct
72	with	with	ADP	_	76 taiaha	case
73	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	76 taiaha	nummod
74	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	76 taiaha	amod
75	_	_	PUNCT	_	74 huge	punct
76	taiaha	taiaha	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 crags	conj
77	_	_	PUNCT	_	79 head	punct
78	-	-	PUNCT	_	79 head	punct
79	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	76 taiaha	appos
80	of	of	ADP	_	82 peak	case
81	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	82 peak	det
82	peak	peak	NOUN	Number=Sing	79 head	nmod
83	lording	lord	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	82 peak	acl
84	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	83 lording	obj
85	sentry	sentry	NOUN	Number=Sing	87 wise	compound
86	-	-	PUNCT	_	85 sentry	punct
87	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	83 lording	parataxis
88	over	over	ADP	_	89 all	case
89	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	87 wise	obl
90	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 crags	punct
91	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	92 thought	nsubj
92	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 went	conj
93	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	92 thought	obj
94	for	for	ADP	_	95 beauty	case
95	beauty	beauty	NOUN	Number=Sing	92 thought	obl
96	of	of	SCONJ	_	97 setting	mark
97	setting	set	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	95 beauty	acl
98	very	very	ADV	_	99 few	advmod
99	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	100 Maori	amod
100	Maori	Maori	PROPN	Number=Sing	97 setting	obj
101	_	_	PUNCT	_	102 kaingas	punct
102	kaingas	kainga	NOUN	Number=Plur	116 peers	nsubj
103	_	_	PUNCT	_	108 bushlands	punct
104	even	even	ADV	_	108 bushlands	advmod
105	in	in	ADP	_	108 bushlands	case
106	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	108 bushlands	det
107	romantic	romantic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	108 bushlands	amod
108	bushlands	bushland	NOUN	Number=Plur	116 peers	nsubj
109	and	and	CCONJ	_	110 highlands	cc
110	highlands	highland	NOUN	Number=Plur	108 bushlands	conj
111	of	of	ADP	_	114 Island	case
112	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	114 Island	det
113	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	114 Island	compound
114	Island	Island	PROPN	Number=Sing	110 highlands	nmod
115	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	116 peers	cop
116	peers	peer	NOUN	Number=Plur	97 setting	obl
117	of	of	ADP	_	119 hamlet	case
118	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	119 hamlet	det
119	hamlet	hamlet	NOUN	Number=Sing	116 peers	nmod
120	of	of	ADP	_	124 Tahu	case
121	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	124 Tahu	det
122	Ngai	Ngai	PROPN	Number=Sing	124 Tahu	compound
123	-	-	PUNCT	_	124 Tahu	punct
124	Tahu	Tahu	PROPN	Number=Sing	119 hamlet	nmod
125	,	,	PUNCT	_	127 jostled	punct
126	almost	almost	ADV	_	127 jostled	advmod
127	jostled	jostle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	119 hamlet	acl
128	off	off	ADP	_	130 map	case
129	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	130 map	det
130	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	127 jostled	obl
131	by	by	ADP	_	134 hordes	case
132	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	134 hordes	det
133	crowding	crowd	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	134 hordes	amod
134	hordes	horde	NOUN	Number=Plur	127 jostled	obl
135	of	of	ADP	_	138 pakeha	case
136	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	138 pakeha	det
137	_	_	PUNCT	_	138 pakeha	punct
138	pakeha	pakeha	NOUN	Number=Sing	134 hordes	nmod
139	_	_	PUNCT	_	127 jostled	punct
140	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 went	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	go	past	I		the side road from Lyttelton	round the high bend; first property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme round bend=Initial_Location
2	see	past	I not said here	Rapaki village	the afternoon sun	a slumber obj	tree rules
3	lap	past	sun's green and gold of groves and flowers and grassy fields			about flower; in soft folds	vn exceed-90 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in fold=Attribute
4	come up	gerund	the sea		gentle breathings at the foot of the little cliffs		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in breathing=Location
5	lord	gerund	a peak not said here	sea			tree rules
6	think speech: other	past	the grand old crags and one huge taiaha	that		for beauty; I nsubj	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot that=Theme
7	set	gerund	beauty not said here	few Maori			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient maori=Result
8	is a	past	kaingas	peers		of this hamlet of the Ngai Tahu; the romantic bushlands and highlands of the North Island nsubj	tree rules
9	jostle	participle		this hamlet of the Ngai Tahu not said here		off the map; by the crowding hordes of the pakeha; almost property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
10	crowd	gerund					vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme

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 53