--- title: Making north-east with the general curve of the Sugarloaf slopes we… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: Making north-east with the general curve of the Sugarloaf slopes we leave the first bush patch and, breasting another wild garden of flax, with here and there a cabbage-tree sweetening the air with its creamy flowers, discover a deep trend to the north-west into the main valley. 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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 (Making, we, cabbage tree), 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:pg73766:11:51 # text = Making north-east with the general curve of the Sugarloaf slopes we leave the first bush patch and, breasting another wild garden of flax, with here and there a cabbage-tree sweetening the air with its creamy flowers, discover a deep trend to the north-west into the main valley. 1 Making make VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 csubj _ _ 2 north north NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 east east NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 general general ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 curve curve NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Sugarloaf Sugarloaf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 slopes slope VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 leave leave VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 18 amod _ _ 17 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 patch patch NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 breasting breast VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 conj _ _ 22 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 24 det _ _ 23 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 flax flax NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 29 expl _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 33 cabbage cabbage NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 36 sweetening sweeten VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 acl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 creamy creamy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 discover discover VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 trend trend NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 50 north north NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 51 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 west west NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 53 into into ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 main main ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 valley valley NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | gerund | | north east | | | | with the general curve of the Sugarloaf | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset east=Product | | 2 | **slope** | present | Making | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **leave** | present | we | the first bush patch | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent patch=Theme | | 4 | **breast** | gerund | we *not said here* | another wild garden of flax | | | | | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent garden=Theme | | 5 | **sweeten** | gerund | a cabbage tree *not said here* | the air | | | | with air's creamy flowers | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent air=Patient with flower=Instrument | | 6 | **discover** | present | a cabbage tree *not said here* | a deep trend | | the main valley | | to the north west | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trend=Topic | 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/11/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/11/52/) - ↑ back to [“the Crest of the Rainbow.”](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/11/)