--- title: Lower down, however, the way is clear of this bush plague, and we fi… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: Lower down, however, the way is clear of this bush plague, and we find ourselves under a shady roof of thick foliage, woven of the cool green leaves of the broadleaf, a small _puka_, the _mahoe_ and _kowhai_ and other minor trees of the Maori bush with much of the _kotukutuku_, the native fuchsia, n --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/11/46/) [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/) / 46 # Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, “the Crest of the Rainbow.”, sentence 46 Lower down, however, the way is clear of this bush plague, and we find ourselves under a shady roof of thick foliage, woven of the cool green leaves of the broadleaf, a small \_puka\_, the \_mahoe\_ and \_kowhai\_ and other minor trees of the Maori bush with much of the \_kotukutuku\_, the native fuchsia, now come into flower, with its masses of slender pendulous blossom giving promise of abundant \_konini\_ berries for the birds. **Who acts:** you, way, we, native fuchsia, masses · **What happens:** lower down, be, find, weave, come, give · **To what, where:** ourselves, shady roof, thick foliage, flower, promise 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 (you, way, we, native fuchsia), 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:pg73766:11:46 # text = Lower down, however, the way is clear of this bush plague, and we find ourselves under a shady roof of thick foliage, woven of the cool green leaves of the broadleaf, a small _puka_, the _mahoe_ and _kowhai_ and other minor trees of the Maori bush with much of the _kotukutuku_, the native fuchsia, now come into flower, with its masses of slender pendulous blossom giving promise of abundant _konini_ berries for the birds. 1 Lower lower VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 down down ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 4 however however ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 12 bush bush ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 plague plague NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 find find VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 18 ourselves ourselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 17 obj _ _ 19 under under ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 shady shady ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 foliage foliage NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 woven weave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 30 cool cool ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 31 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 broadleaf broadleaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 39 _ _ NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 puka puka NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 41 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 _ _ ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 mahoe mahoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 1 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 kowhai kowhai NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 49 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 52 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 53 minor minor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 conj _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 57 Maori Maori PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 compound _ _ 58 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ _ 59 with with ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 nmod _ _ 61 of of ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 63 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 kotukutuku kotukutuku X FW Foreign=Yes 60 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 65 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 68 native native ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 fuchsia fuchsia NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 71 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 72 advmod _ _ 72 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 69 acl:relcl _ _ 73 into into ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 74 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 75 , , PUNCT , _ 78 punct _ _ 76 with with ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 77 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 78 nmod:poss _ _ 78 masses mass NOUN NNS Number=Plur 72 obl _ _ 79 of of ADP IN _ 82 case _ _ 80 slender slender ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 82 amod _ _ 81 pendulous pendulous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 82 amod _ _ 82 blossom blossom NOUN NN Number=Sing 78 nmod _ _ 83 giving give VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 78 acl _ _ 84 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 83 obj _ _ 85 of of ADP IN _ 86 case _ _ 86 abundant abundant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 84 nmod _ _ 87 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 88 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 88 konini konini NOUN NN Number=Sing 83 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 89 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 90 punct _ _ 90 berries berry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 83 obl _ _ 91 for for ADP IN _ 93 case _ _ 92 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 93 det _ _ 93 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 90 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 94 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lower down** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | kowhai and other minor trees of the Maori bush with much of the kotukutuku and the native fuchsia *conj* | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **is** | present | the way | | | | | of this bush plague; clear, however *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **find** | present | we | ourselves | | a shady roof of thick foliage and the \_ mahoe | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ourselves=Topic | | 4 | **weave** | participle | | thick foliage *not said here* | | | | of the cool green leaves of the broadleaf | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme of leaf=Trajectory | | 5 | **come** | infinitive | the native fuchsia *not said here* | | | flower | now | with way's masses of slender pendulous blossom | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into flower=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **give** | gerund | way's masses of slender pendulous blossom *not said here* | promise of abundant | | | | konini *obl*; berries for the birds *obl* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=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. - ← previous: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/11/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/11/47/) - ↑ back to [“the Crest of the Rainbow.”](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/11/)