--- title: On this side of the Heru-o-Kahukura the range is deeply bitten into… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: On this side of the Heru-o-Kahukura the range is deeply bitten into by a cup-shaped valley, with one side of the cup, that facing the harbour, cut away for the passage of the old lava streams and now the rainy season watercourses. Who acts: that, old lava streams. 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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 (that, old lava streams), 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:pg73766:11:53 # text = On this side of the Heru-o-Kahukura the range is deeply bitten into by a cup-shaped valley, with one side of the cup, that facing the harbour, cut away for the passage of the old lava streams and now the rainy season watercourses. 1 On on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Heru Heru PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 10 case _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Kahukura Kahukura PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 range range NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 14 deeply deeply ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 bitten bite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 16 into into ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 17 by by ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 19 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 shaped shape VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 amod _ _ 22 valley valley NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 nummod _ _ 26 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 nsubj _ _ 32 facing face VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 harbour harbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 37 away away ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 43 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 44 lava lava NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 streams stream NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 47 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 51 advmod _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 49 rainy rainy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 50 season season NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 compound _ _ 51 watercourses watercourse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bite** | present · passive | | the range | | this side of the Heru and Kahukura | | into a shaped valley and one side of the cup *result*; deeply *property* | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Patient into valley=Result | | 2 | **shape** | participle | | | | | | cup *compound* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 3 | **face** | gerund | that | the harbour | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme harbour=Destination | | 4 | **cut away** | infinitive | that *not said here* | | | | | for the passage of the old lava streams and the rainy season watercourses; away *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent for passage=Asset | | 5 | **pass** | | the old lava streams and the rainy season watercourses | | | | | | nom passage «act 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/11/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/11/54/) - ↑ back to [“the Crest of the Rainbow.”](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/11/)