--- title: There is a curious wildness in the valley bottom under the thickness… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: There is a curious wildness in the valley bottom under the thicknesses of the broadleaf and the _mahoe_ and _kotukutuku_; it is half-dark in the deepest part, and great rocks lie hurled about, fire-born and water-worn. Who acts: curious wildness, wildness, great rocks. 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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 (curious wildness, wildness, great rocks), 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:pg73766:11:61 # text = There is a curious wildness in the valley bottom under the thicknesses of the broadleaf and the _mahoe_ and _kotukutuku_; it is half-dark in the deepest part, and great rocks lie hurled about, fire-born and water-worn. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 curious curious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 wildness wildness NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 valley valley NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 10 under under ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 thicknesses thickness NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 broadleaf broadleaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 mahoe mahoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 kotukutuku kotukutuku X FW Foreign=Yes 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 28 half half ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 deepest deep ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 34 amod _ _ 34 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ _ 39 lie lie VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 40 hurled hurl VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 xcomp _ _ 41 about about ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 advcl _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 48 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 worn wear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | a curious wildness | | | the valley bottom under the thicknesses of the broadleaf and the mahoe; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in bottom=Location | | 2 | **is** | present | wildness | | | the deepest part | | dark, half *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **lie** | present | great rocks | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **hurl** | participle | great rocks *not said here* | | | | | about *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **bear** | participle | wildness *not said here* | | | | | fire *compound* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **wear** | participle | wildness *not said here* | | | | | water *compound* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/11/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/11/62/) - ↑ back to [“the Crest of the Rainbow.”](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/11/)