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Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, The Little People of the Mist., sentence 21

Also there are the high rocky peaks which overlook Akaroa Harbour--Pu-Waitaha, or French Hill, between Wainui settlement and Buchanan’s; Otehore, a rocky flat-topped height above French Farm, on the upper part of the harbour; the summit heights above Akaroa town, Purple Peak, Mount Berard and Brazenose--these we call O-te-Patatu, Tara-te-rehu, and Otoki; and lastly Tuhiraki, the sky-pencilling peak, which the French named Mount Bossu, on the western side of the harbour.

Who acts: high rocky peaks, we, French · What happens: be, overlook, top, call, name · To what, where: O te, pencilling peak · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand» by James Cowan, The Little People of the Mist.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (high rocky peaks, we, French), 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

advmodexpldetamodamodnsubjnsubjacl:relclapposflatpunctflatpunctconjpunctcccompoundlistpunctcasecompoundapposccconjcasepunctparataxispunctdetamodcompoundpunctamodapposcaseamodnmodpunctcasedetamodparataxiscasedetnmodpunctdetcompoundapposcasecompoundnmodpunctamodconjpunctapposflatccconjpunctapposnsubjacl:relclnummodpunctobjpunctappospunctcompoundpunctcompoundpunctappospunctccconjpunctccamodparataxispunctdetcompoundpunctcompoundappospunctobjdetnsubjacl:relclxcompflatpunctcasedetamodapposcasedetnmodpunctrootAlsoADVtherePRONareVERBtheDEThighADJrockyADJpeaksNOUNwhichPRONoverlookVERBAkaroaPROPNHarbourPROPN--PUNCTPuPROPN-PUNCTWaitahaPROPN,PUNCTorCCONJFrenchPROPNHillPROPN,PUNCTbetweenADPWainuiPROPNsettlementNOUNandCCONJBuchananPROPN’sPART;PUNCTOtehorePROPN,PUNCTaDETrockyADJflatADJ-PUNCTtoppedVERBheightNOUNaboveADPFrenchADJFarmNOUN,PUNCTonADPtheDETupperADJpartNOUNofADPtheDETharbourNOUN;PUNCTtheDETsummitNOUNheightsNOUNaboveADPAkaroaPROPNtownNOUN,PUNCTPurpleADJPeakPROPN,PUNCTMountPROPNBerardPROPNandCCONJBrazenosePROPN--PUNCTtheseDETwePRONcallVERBONUM-PUNCTteNOUN-PUNCTPatatuPROPN,PUNCTTaraPROPN-PUNCTteNOUN-PUNCTrehuNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJOtokiPROPN;PUNCTandCCONJlastlyADJTuhirakiPROPN,PUNCTtheDETskyNOUN-PUNCTpencillingNOUNpeakNOUN,PUNCTwhichPRONtheDETFrenchPROPNnamedVERBMountPROPNBossuPROPN,PUNCTonADPtheDETwesternADJsideNOUNofADPtheDETharbourNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AlsoalsoADV_3 areadvmod
2theretherePRONPronType=Dem3 areexpl
3arebeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 peaksdet
5highhighADJDegree=Pos7 peaksamod
6rockyrockyADJDegree=Pos7 peaksamod
7peakspeakNOUNNumber=Plur3 arensubj
8whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel9 overlooknsubj
9overlookoverlookVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 peaksacl:relcl
10AkaroaAkaroaPROPNNumber=Sing7 peaksappos
11HarbourHarbourPROPNNumber=Sing10 Akaroaflat
12----PUNCT_13 Pupunct
13PuPuPROPNNumber=Sing10 Akaroaflat
14--PUNCT_15 Waitahapunct
15WaitahaWaitahaPROPNNumber=Sing10 Akaroaconj
16,,PUNCT_19 Hillpunct
17ororCCONJ_19 Hillcc
18FrenchFrenchPROPNNumber=Sing19 Hillcompound
19HillHillPROPNNumber=Sing10 Akaroalist
20,,PUNCT_23 settlementpunct
21betweenbetweenADP_23 settlementcase
22WainuiWainuiPROPNNumber=Sing23 settlementcompound
23settlementsettlementNOUNNumber=Sing10 Akaroaappos
24andandCCONJ_25 Buchanancc
25BuchananBuchananPROPNNumber=Sing10 Akaroaconj
26’s'sPART_25 Buchanancase
27;;PUNCT_28 Otehorepunct
28OtehoreOtehorePROPNNumber=Sing3 areparataxis
29,,PUNCT_35 heightpunct
30aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art35 heightdet
31rockyrockyADJDegree=Pos35 heightamod
32flatflatADJDegree=Pos34 toppedcompound
33--PUNCT_32 flatpunct
34toppedtopVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass35 heightamod
35heightheightNOUNNumber=Sing28 Otehoreappos
36aboveaboveADP_38 Farmcase
37FrenchFrenchADJDegree=Pos38 Farmamod
38FarmfarmNOUNNumber=Sing35 heightnmod
39,,PUNCT_43 partpunct
40ononADP_43 partcase
41thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art43 partdet
42upperupperADJDegree=Pos43 partamod
43partpartNOUNNumber=Sing35 heightparataxis
44ofofADP_46 harbourcase
45thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art46 harbourdet
46harbourharbourNOUNNumber=Sing43 partnmod
47;;PUNCT_50 heightspunct
48thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art50 heightsdet
49summitsummitNOUNNumber=Sing50 heightscompound
50heightsheightNOUNNumber=Plur28 Otehoreappos
51aboveaboveADP_53 towncase
52AkaroaAkaroaPROPNNumber=Sing53 towncompound
53towntownNOUNNumber=Sing50 heightsnmod
54,,PUNCT_56 Peakpunct
55PurplepurpleADJDegree=Pos56 Peakamod
56PeakPeakPROPNNumber=Sing50 heightsconj
57,,PUNCT_58 Mountpunct
58MountMountPROPNNumber=Sing56 Peakappos
59BerardBerardPROPNNumber=Sing58 Mountflat
60andandCCONJ_61 Brazenosecc
61BrazenoseBrazenosePROPNNumber=Sing56 Peakconj
62----PUNCT_63 thesepunct
63thesethisDETNumber=Plur PronType=Dem56 Peakappos
64wewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs65 callnsubj
65callcallVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin63 theseacl:relcl
66OoNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card68 tenummod
67--PUNCT_66 Opunct
68teteNOUNNumber=Sing65 callobj
69--PUNCT_70 Patatupunct
70PatatuPatatuPROPNNumber=Sing68 teappos
71,,PUNCT_76 rehupunct
72TaraTaraPROPNNumber=Sing76 rehucompound
73--PUNCT_72 Tarapunct
74teteNOUNNumber=Sing76 rehucompound
75--PUNCT_74 tepunct
76rehurehuNOUNNumber=Sing70 Patatuappos
77,,PUNCT_79 Otokipunct
78andandCCONJ_79 Otokicc
79OtokiOtokiPROPNNumber=Sing70 Patatuconj
80;;PUNCT_83 Tuhirakipunct
81andandCCONJ_83 Tuhirakicc
82lastlylastlyADJDegree=Pos83 Tuhirakiamod
83TuhirakiTuhirakiPROPNNumber=Sing65 callparataxis
84,,PUNCT_89 peakpunct
85thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art89 peakdet
86skyskyNOUNNumber=Sing88 pencillingcompound
87--PUNCT_86 skypunct
88pencillingpencillingNOUNNumber=Sing89 peakcompound
89peakpeakNOUNNumber=Sing83 Tuhirakiappos
90,,PUNCT_94 namedpunct
91whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel94 namedobj
92thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art93 Frenchdet
93FrenchFrenchPROPNNumber=Sing94 namednsubj
94namednameVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin89 peakacl:relcl
95MountMountPROPNNumber=Sing94 namedxcomp
96BossuBossuPROPNNumber=Sing95 Mountflat
97,,PUNCT_101 sidepunct
98ononADP_101 sidecase
99thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art101 sidedet
100westernwesternADJDegree=Pos101 sideamod
101sidesideNOUNNumber=Sing83 Tuhirakiappos
102ofofADP_104 harbourcase
103thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art104 harbourdet
104harbourharbourNOUNNumber=Sing101 sidenmod
105..PUNCT_3 arepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1doespresentthe high rocky peaksthereOtehore parataxisvn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2overlookpresentthe high rocky peaksvn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3topparticiplevn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
4call speech: assertpresentweO telastly Tuhiraki parataxisvn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent te=Recipient
5namepastthe Frenchthe pencilling peakMount xcompvn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=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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