--- title: It is the Port Hills’ nomenclature, perhaps, that carries the most p… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: It is the Port Hills’ nomenclature, perhaps, that carries the most poetic suggestions of any of the Canterbury place-names, and here, perhaps, the dwellers on the heights in the days to come when all these Plain-ward-looking slopes are dotted with pretty homes, will seek inspiration in such legendry --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/10/1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Ca…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/) / [The Port Hills and Their Names.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/10/) / 1 # Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, The Port Hills and Their Names., sentence 1 It is the Port Hills’ nomenclature, perhaps, that carries the most poetic suggestions of any of the Canterbury place-names, and here, perhaps, the dwellers on the heights in the days to come when all these Plain-ward-looking slopes are dotted with pretty homes, will seek inspiration in such legendry and history of the soil as we of the present generation have preserved. **Who acts:** It, that · **What happens:** be, carry, come, look, dot, seek · **To what, where:** nomenclature, poetic suggestions, Plain looking slopes, inspiration, such legendry, we This is a sentence of «Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand» by James Cowan, The Port Hills and Their Names.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (It, that), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg73766:10:1 # text = It is the Port Hills’ nomenclature, perhaps, that carries the most poetic suggestions of any of the Canterbury place-names, and here, perhaps, the dwellers on the heights in the days to come when all these Plain-ward-looking slopes are dotted with pretty homes, will seek inspiration in such legendry and history of the soil as we of the present generation have preserved. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 4 Port Port PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 Hills Hill PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’ 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 nomenclature nomenclature NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 carries carry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 14 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 15 advmod _ _ 15 poetic poetic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 suggestions suggestion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 16 nmod _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 21 Canterbury Canterbury PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 22 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 dwellers dweller NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 heights height NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 41 when when SCONJ WRB _ 51 mark _ _ 42 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 49 det:predet _ _ 43 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 49 det _ _ 44 Plain plain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ward ward NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 47 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 49 amod _ _ 49 slopes slope NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nsubj:pass _ _ 50 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux:pass _ _ 51 dotted dot VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 advcl _ _ 52 with with ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 pretty pretty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 homes home NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 57 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 58 inspiration inspiration NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obj _ _ 59 in in ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 legendry legendry NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 63 history history NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 conj _ _ 64 of of ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 soil soil NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nmod _ _ 67 as as SCONJ IN _ 74 mark _ _ 68 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 74 nsubj:pass _ _ 69 of of ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 71 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 72 amod _ _ 72 generation generation NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nmod _ _ 73 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 74 aux _ _ 74 preserved preserve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 57 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | Port Hills's nomenclature | | | | Port Hills *nmod:poss*; perhaps *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **carry** | present | that | the poetic suggestions of any of the Canterbury place names | | here | | the dwellers on the heights in the days *conj* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent suggestion=Theme | | 3 | **come** | to-infinitive | that *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | ward *compound* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **dot** | present · passive | | all Plain looking slopes | | | | with pretty homes | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with home=Theme | | 6 | **seek** | future | | inspiration | | such legendry and history of the soil | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent inspiration=Theme in legendry=Location | | 7 | **preserve** | present · perfect · passive | | we | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary | 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. - ← previous: [The Story of the Rocks., 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/9/30/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/10/2/) - ↑ back to [The Port Hills and Their Names.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/10/)