Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, Rapaki: a Village By the Sea., sentence 9

Here and there a Maori tree, like our ribbonwood yonder, and a tattered clump of light bush in the gullies or on a rocky cliff-top, to remind us of the different setting when Rapaki was tumultuous with wild Maori life; when tattooed Ngai-Tahu were in fighting flower, and when dense and beautiful forest covered the feet and shoulders of all those dark volcanic crags and tors lifting above us there like so many ruined castles battered by the artillery fire of the gods.

Who acts: tattered clump, Rapaki, Ngai, dark volcanic crags · What happens: tatter, remind, be, tattoo, cover, lift · To what, where: us, fighting flower, feet, many ruined castles, gods

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 (tattered clump, Rapaki, Ngai, dark volcanic crags), 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	and	and	CCONJ	_	1 Here	cc
3	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	1 Here	expl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tree	det
5	Maori	Maori	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 tree	compound
6	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Here	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 ribbonwood	punct
8	like	like	ADP	_	10 ribbonwood	case
9	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 ribbonwood	nmod:poss
10	ribbonwood	ribbonwood	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tree	appos
11	yonder	yonder	ADV	_	10 ribbonwood	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 remind	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 remind	cc
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 clump	det
15	tattered	tatter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 clump	amod
16	clump	clump	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 remind	nsubj
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 bush	case
18	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 bush	compound
19	bush	bush	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 clump	nmod
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 gullies	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 gullies	det
22	gullies	gully	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 bush	nmod
23	or	or	CCONJ	_	29 top	cc
24	on	on	ADP	_	29 top	case
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	29 top	det
26	rocky	rocky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 top	amod
27	cliff	cliff	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 top	compound
28	-	-	PUNCT	_	27 cliff	punct
29	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 gullies	conj
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 remind	punct
31	to	to	PART	_	32 remind	mark
32	remind	remind	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Here	parataxis
33	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	32 remind	iobj
34	of	of	ADP	_	37 setting	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 setting	det
36	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 setting	amod
37	setting	setting	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 remind	obl
38	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	41 tumultuous	advmod
39	Rapaki	Rapaki	PROPN	Number=Sing	41 tumultuous	nsubj
40	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 tumultuous	cop
41	tumultuous	tumultuous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 setting	amod
42	with	with	ADP	_	45 life	case
43	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 life	amod
44	Maori	Maori	PROPN	Number=Sing	45 life	compound
45	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 tumultuous	obl
46	;	;	PUNCT	_	48 tattooed	punct
47	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	48 tattooed	advmod
48	tattooed	tattoo	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	32 remind	conj
49	Ngai	Ngai	PROPN	Number=Sing	55 flower	nsubj
50	-	-	PUNCT	_	51 Tahu	punct
51	Tahu	Tahu	PROPN	Number=Sing	49 Ngai	flat
52	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	55 flower	cop
53	in	in	ADP	_	55 flower	case
54	fighting	fighting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 flower	amod
55	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 tattooed	parataxis
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 dense	punct
57	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 dense	cc
58	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	59 dense	advmod
59	dense	dense	ADJ	Degree=Pos	63 covered	parataxis
60	and	and	CCONJ	_	62 forest	cc
61	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 forest	amod
62	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 dense	conj
63	covered	cover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	48 tattooed	advcl
64	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 feet	det
65	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	63 covered	obj
66	and	and	CCONJ	_	67 shoulders	cc
67	shoulders	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Plur	65 feet	conj
68	of	of	ADP	_	73 crags	case
69	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	73 crags	det:predet
70	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	73 crags	det
71	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	73 crags	amod
72	volcanic	volcanic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	73 crags	amod
73	crags	crag	NOUN	Number=Plur	67 shoulders	nmod
74	and	and	CCONJ	_	75 tors	cc
75	tors	tor	NOUN	Number=Plur	73 crags	conj
76	lifting	lift	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	73 crags	acl
77	above	above	ADP	_	78 us	case
78	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	76 lifting	obl
79	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	76 lifting	advmod
80	like	like	ADP	_	84 castles	case
81	so	so	ADV	_	82 many	advmod
82	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	84 castles	amod
83	ruined	ruin	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	84 castles	amod
84	castles	castle	NOUN	Number=Plur	76 lifting	obl
85	battered	batter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	84 castles	acl
86	by	by	ADP	_	89 fire	case
87	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	89 fire	det
88	artillery	artillery	NOUN	Number=Sing	89 fire	compound
89	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	85 battered	obl
90	of	of	ADP	_	92 gods	case
91	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	92 gods	det
92	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	89 fire	nmod
93	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Here	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	tatter	participle						vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	remind speech: other	to-infinitive	a tattered clump of light bush in the gullies or a rocky cliff top		us		of the different setting	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent we=Recipient of setting=Topic
3	is	past	Rapaki				with wild Maori life; tumultuous property	tree rules
4	tattoo	participle	a tattered clump of light bush in the gullies or a rocky cliff top not said here					vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	is	past	Ngai			fighting flower		tree rules
6	cover	past	a tattered clump of light bush in the gullies or a rocky cliff top not said here	the feet and shoulders of all dark volcanic crags and tors				vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme foot=Destination
7	lift	gerund	all dark volcanic crags and tors not said here			there	above us; like many ruined castles	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent above we=Destination
8	ruin	participle						vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
9	batter	participle		many ruined castles not said here			by the artillery fire of the gods	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
11	fire			the gods				nom fire «event transitive»: of=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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Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, Rapaki: a Village By the Sea., sentence 9