--- title: Here, under a steep-to uplift of the ancient igneous rock, curving o… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: Here, under a steep-to uplift of the ancient igneous rock, curving out above our heads in savage cornices and rude attempts at gargoyles, we look down upon a picture of surprising beauty, one of the many surprises folded in among these Port Hills. Who acts: ancient igneous rock, we. 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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 (ancient igneous rock, we), 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:pg73766:11:52 # text = Here, under a steep-to uplift of the ancient igneous rock, curving out above our heads in savage cornices and rude attempts at gargoyles, we look down upon a picture of surprising beauty, one of the many surprises folded in among these Port Hills. 1 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 under under ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 5 steep steep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 uplift uplift NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 12 igneous igneous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 curving curve VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 acl _ _ 16 out out ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 above above ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 savage savage ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 cornices cornice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 rude rude ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 attempts attempt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 conj _ _ 26 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 gargoyles gargoyle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 31 down down ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 upon upon ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 surprising surprising ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 appos _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 surprises surprise NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ _ 44 folded fold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 acl _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 46 among among ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 49 det _ _ 48 Port Port PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 49 Hills Hill PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **curve out** | gerund | the ancient igneous rock *not said here* | | | our heads | | in savage cornices and rude attempts at gargoyles | vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material | | 2 | **look down** | present | we | | | | | upon a picture of surprising beauty; down *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon picture=Theme | | 3 | **fold** | participle | | the many surprises *not said here* | | this Port Hills | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **uplift** | | the ancient igneous rock | | | | | | nom uplift «event intransitive»: of=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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/11/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/11/53/) - ↑ back to [“the Crest of the Rainbow.”](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/11/)