--- title: Nearer Lyttelton, just where the Zigzag Road goes over Evans Pass to… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: Nearer Lyttelton, just where the Zigzag Road goes over Evans Pass to Sumner, are the precipitous summit rocks of Tapuwaeharuru, “The Resounding Footsteps,” a place-name met with in more than one locality in the volcanic country of the North. Who acts: Zigzag Road. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Zigzag Road), 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:pg73766:10:22 # text = Nearer Lyttelton, just where the Zigzag Road goes over Evans Pass to Sumner, are the precipitous summit rocks of Tapuwaeharuru, “The Resounding Footsteps,” a place-name met with in more than one locality in the volcanic country of the North. 1 Nearer near ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 20 amod _ _ 2 Lyttelton Lyttelton PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 5 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 9 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 Zigzag Zigzag PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Road Road PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 10 over over ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 Evans Evans PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 Pass Pass PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Sumner Sumner PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 16 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 18 precipitous precipitous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 19 summit summit NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Tapuwaeharuru Tapuwaeharuru PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 “ " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 Resounding resounding ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 Footsteps footstep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ” " PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 31 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 34 met meet VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV 39 advmod _ _ 38 than than ADP IN _ 37 fixed _ _ 39 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 nummod _ _ 40 locality locality NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 volcanic volcanic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 North North PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | the Zigzag Road | | | Evans Pass to Sumner | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme over pass=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **is a** | present | | the Nearer precipitous summit rocks and the Resounding Footsteps and a place name | | | | of Tapuwaeharuru; the Resounding Footsteps *conj*; a place name *conj* | tree rules | | 3 | **meet** | participle | | a place name *not said here* | | the volcanic country of the North | | with one locality | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with locality=Co-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. - ← previous: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/10/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/10/23/) - ↑ back to [The Port Hills and Their Names.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/10/)