Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, Whitcombe & Tombs Limited, sentence 11

For the priceless gift of free access to these grand tops of the Port Range the people are indebted to the efforts and the gifts of a few public spirited residents, but most of all to the exertions of Mr. H. G. Ell, whose enthusiasm, prescience of vision, and singleness of purpose in developing the Summit Road along this mountain park have properly earned him the admiration and the thanks of thousands of his fellow-citizens who daily lift up their eyes to the Hills and who find on those hills their pleasure and their solace for town-tired body and brain.

Who acts: singleness, fellow citizens, gifts · What happens: indebt, develop, earn, lift up, find, gift · To what, where: people, Summit Road, admiration, Mr., eyes, Hills

This is a sentence of «Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand» by James Cowan, Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (singleness, fellow citizens, gifts), 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	For	for	ADP	_	4 gift	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gift	det
3	priceless	priceless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 gift	amod
4	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 indebted	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 access	case
6	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 access	amod
7	access	access	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gift	nmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	11 tops	case
9	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	11 tops	det
10	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 tops	amod
11	tops	top	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 access	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 Range	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Range	det
14	Port	Port	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Range	compound
15	Range	Range	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 tops	nmod
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 people	det
17	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 indebted	nsubj
18	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 indebted	aux:pass
19	indebted	indebt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
20	to	to	ADP	_	22 efforts	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 efforts	det
22	efforts	effort	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 indebted	obl
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 gifts	cc
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 gifts	det
25	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 efforts	conj
26	of	of	ADP	_	31 residents	case
27	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	31 residents	det
28	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 residents	amod
29	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 residents	amod
30	spirited	spirited	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 residents	amod
31	residents	resident	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 gifts	nmod
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 exertions	punct
33	but	but	CCONJ	_	39 exertions	cc
34	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	39 exertions	nsubj
35	of	of	ADP	_	36 all	case
36	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	34 most	nmod
37	to	to	ADP	_	39 exertions	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 exertions	det
39	exertions	exertion	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 indebted	obl
40	of	of	ADP	_	43 G.	case
41	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	Number=Sing	42 H.	nmod:desc
42	H.	H.	PROPN	Number=Sing	43 G.	compound
43	G.	G.	PROPN	Number=Sing	39 exertions	nmod
44	Ell	Ell	PROPN	Number=Sing	43 G.	flat
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 enthusiasm	punct
46	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	47 enthusiasm	nmod:poss
47	enthusiasm	enthusiasm	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 G.	appos
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 prescience	punct
49	prescience	prescience	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 exertions	conj
50	of	of	ADP	_	51 vision	case
51	vision	vision	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 prescience	nmod
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 singleness	punct
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 singleness	cc
54	singleness	singleness	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 earned	nsubj
55	of	of	ADP	_	56 purpose	case
56	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 singleness	nmod
57	in	in	SCONJ	_	58 developing	mark
58	developing	develop	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	54 singleness	acl
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 Road	det
60	Summit	Summit	PROPN	Number=Sing	61 Road	compound
61	Road	Road	PROPN	Number=Sing	58 developing	obj
62	along	along	ADP	_	65 park	case
63	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	65 park	det
64	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 park	compound
65	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 developing	obl
66	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	68 earned	aux
67	properly	properly	ADV	_	68 earned	advmod
68	earned	earn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	19 indebted	advcl
69	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	68 earned	obj
70	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	71 admiration	det
71	admiration	admiration	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 earned	obj
72	and	and	CCONJ	_	74 thanks	cc
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	74 thanks	det
74	thanks	thanks	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 admiration	conj
75	of	of	ADP	_	76 thousands	case
76	thousands	thousand	NOUN	Number=Plur	74 thanks	nmod
77	of	of	ADP	_	81 citizens	case
78	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	81 citizens	nmod:poss
79	fellow	fellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	81 citizens	amod
80	-	-	PUNCT	_	79 fellow	punct
81	citizens	citizen	NOUN	Number=Plur	76 thousands	nmod
82	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	84 lift	nsubj
83	daily	daily	ADV	_	84 lift	advmod
84	lift	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	81 citizens	acl:relcl
85	up	up	ADP	_	84 lift	compound:prt
86	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	87 eyes	nmod:poss
87	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	84 lift	obj
88	to	to	ADP	_	90 Hills	case
89	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	90 Hills	det
90	Hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	84 lift	obl
91	and	and	CCONJ	_	93 find	cc
92	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	93 find	nsubj
93	find	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	84 lift	conj
94	on	on	ADP	_	96 hills	case
95	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	96 hills	det
96	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	93 find	obl
97	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	98 pleasure	nmod:poss
98	pleasure	pleasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	96 hills	nmod
99	and	and	CCONJ	_	101 solace	cc
100	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	101 solace	nmod:poss
101	solace	solace	NOUN	Number=Sing	98 pleasure	conj
102	for	for	ADP	_	106 body	case
103	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	106 body	compound
104	-	-	PUNCT	_	103 town	punct
105	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	106 body	amod
106	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	93 find	obl
107	and	and	CCONJ	_	108 brain	cc
108	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	106 body	conj
109	.	.	PUNCT	_	19 indebted	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	indebt	present · passive		the people			for the priceless gift of free access to this grand tops of the Port Range; to the efforts and the gifts of a few public spirited residents; to the exertions of H. G. and prescience of vision	tree rules
2	develop	gerund	singleness of purpose not said here	the Summit Road			along this mountain park	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Product
3	earn	present · perfect	singleness of purpose	the admiration and the thanks of thousands of Mr.'s fellow citizens	Mr.		properly property	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary admiration=Theme
4	lift up	present	Mr.'s fellow citizens	gifts's eyes		the Hills	daily property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent eye=Theme to hill=Destination
5	find	present				that hills gifts's pleasure and gifts's solace	for town tired body and brain; who nsubj	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for body=Beneficiary
6	gift			free access to this grand tops of the Port Range				nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient
7	gift			a few public spirited residents				nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient
8	exert			H. G.				nom exertion «act transitive»: of=patient
9	please		gifts = gift					nom pleasure «feeling transitive»: poss=agent
10	solace		gifts = gift					nom solace «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

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, Whitcombe & Tombs Limited, sentence 11

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Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, Whitcombe & Tombs Limited, sentence 11