--- title: Looking back at the Pass, just before we round the first bend in the… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: Looking back at the Pass, just before we round the first bend in the rocky traverse, the cliff makes a terraced halt in its descent, and here on this tussock-grown tiny level, broidered with flax bushes and their honey-sweet _korari_ blossoms, there is an eye-taking prospect of the Dyer’s Pass dip t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/11/18/) [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 Crest of the Rainbow.”](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/11/) / 18 # Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, “the Crest of the Rainbow.”, sentence 18 Looking back at the Pass, just before we round the first bend in the rocky traverse, the cliff makes a terraced halt in its descent, and here on this tussock-grown tiny level, broidered with flax bushes and their honey-sweet \_korari\_ blossoms, there is an eye-taking prospect of the Dyer’s Pass dip to the soft-blue sunlit harbour and of the black rock-faces and strong folds of the Port Hills southward. **Who acts:** taking prospect, we, cliff, Port, halt · **What happens:** look back, round, make, terrace, grow, broider · **To what, where:** first bend, rocky traverse, terraced halt, descent, grown tiny level, Pass dip This is a sentence of «Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand» by James Cowan, “the Crest of the Rainbow.”. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (taking prospect, we, cliff, Port), 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:pg73766:11:18 # text = Looking back at the Pass, just before we round the first bend in the rocky traverse, the cliff makes a terraced halt in its descent, and here on this tussock-grown tiny level, broidered with flax bushes and their honey-sweet _korari_ blossoms, there is an eye-taking prospect of the Dyer’s Pass dip to the soft-blue sunlit harbour and of the black rock-faces and strong folds of the Port Hills southward. 1 Looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 54 advcl _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Pass Pass PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 just just ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 8 before before SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 round round VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 13 amod _ _ 13 bend bend NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 rocky rocky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 traverse traverse NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 cliff cliff NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 terraced terrace VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 amod _ _ 24 halt halt NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 descent descent NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 30 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 32 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 nsubj _ _ 33 tussock tussock NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 amod _ _ 36 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 level level NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 broidered broider VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 flax flax NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 bushes bush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 44 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 45 honey honey NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 48 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 korari korari NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 51 punct _ _ 51 blossoms blossom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 53 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 54 expl _ _ 54 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 55 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 56 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 57 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 taking take VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 59 amod _ _ 59 prospect prospect NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 Dyer Dyer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 65 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ’s 's PART POS _ 62 case _ _ 64 Pass Pass PROPN NNP Number=Sing 65 compound _ _ 65 dip dip NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nmod _ _ 66 to to ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 68 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 69 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 68 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 72 amod _ _ 71 sunlit sunlit ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 72 amod _ _ 72 harbour harbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nmod _ _ 73 and and CCONJ CC _ 79 cc _ _ 74 of of ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 75 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 76 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 79 amod _ _ 77 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 78 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 77 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 79 faces face NOUN NNS Number=Plur 72 conj _ _ 80 and and CCONJ CC _ 82 cc _ _ 81 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 82 amod _ _ 82 folds fold NOUN NNS Number=Plur 79 conj _ _ 83 of of SCONJ IN _ 86 mark _ _ 84 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 85 det _ _ 85 Port Port PROPN NNP Number=Sing 86 nsubj _ _ 86 Hills hill VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 82 advcl _ _ 87 southward southward ADV RB _ 86 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 88 . . PUNCT . _ 54 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look back** | gerund | a taking prospect of the Dyer's Pass dip to the blue sunlit harbour and the black rock faces and strong folds *not said here* | | | | | at the Pass | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at pass=Theme | | 2 | **round** | present | we | the first bend | | the rocky traverse | | grown tiny level this *parataxis* | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent bend=Patient | | 3 | **make** | present | the cliff | a terraced halt | | halt's descent | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset halt=Product | | 4 | **terrace** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **grow** | participle | | | | | | tussock *compound* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **broider** | participle | | grown tiny level this *not said here* | | | | with flax bushes; cliffs's sweet korari and blossoms *conj* | tree rules | | 7 | **be** | present | a taking prospect of the Dyer's Pass dip to the blue sunlit harbour and the black rock faces and strong folds | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **take** | gerund | | | | | | eye *compound* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **hill** | present | the Port | | | | | southward *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **descend** | | halt | | | | | | nom descent «event intransitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **prospect** | | | the Dyer's Pass dip to the blue sunlit harbour and the black rock faces and strong folds | | | | | nom prospect «state 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. - ← previous: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/11/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/11/19/) - ↑ back to [“the Crest of the Rainbow.”](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/11/)