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title: And as we turn southward the thought comes, observing the evenly sym… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics
description: And as we turn southward the thought comes, observing the evenly symmetrical round-sweep of the Sugarloaf summit from here, that the Maoris of old-time, who, like the ancient Incas saw in the rainbow the personification of a deity, may very well have caught from the peak’s likeness to the iris arch 
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# Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, “the Crest of the Rainbow.”, sentence 77

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And as we turn southward the thought comes, observing the evenly symmetrical round-sweep of the Sugarloaf summit from here, that the Maoris of old-time, who, like the ancient Incas saw in the rainbow the personification of a deity, may very well have caught from the peak’s likeness to the iris arch the poetic fancy that induced them to name it Te Heru-o-Kahukura, “The Comb (or crest) of the Rainbow God.”

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**Who acts:** we, old time, poetic fancy · **What happens:** turn, come, observe, see, catch, induce · **To what, where:** thought, evenly symmetrical round sweep, rainbow, Maoris, likeness, Incas

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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 (we, old time, poetic fancy), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg73766:11:77
# text = And as we turn southward the thought comes, observing the evenly symmetrical round-sweep of the Sugarloaf summit from here, that the Maoris of old-time, who, like the ancient Incas saw in the rainbow the personification of a deity, may very well have caught from the peak’s likeness to the iris arch the poetic fancy that induced them to name it Te Heru-o-Kahukura, “The Comb (or crest) of the Rainbow God.”
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
2	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	turn	turn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
5	southward	southward	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	thought	thought	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	observing	observe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
12	evenly	evenly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
13	symmetrical	symmetrical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
14	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	sweep	sweep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	Sugarloaf	Sugarloaf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	summit	summit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
21	from	from	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
24	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	52	mark	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	Maoris	Maoris	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	52	nsubj:pass	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
28	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	28	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
32	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	38	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
34	like	like	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
36	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
37	Incas	Inca	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	38	nsubj	_	_
38	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	30	acl:relcl	_	_
39	in	in	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	rainbow	rainbow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	personification	personification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	appos	_	_
44	of	of	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	deity	deity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
48	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	52	aux	_	_
49	very	very	ADV	RB	_	50	advmod	_	_
50	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	52	advmod	_	_
51	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	52	aux	_	_
52	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	conj	_	_
53	from	from	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	peak	peak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	’s	's	PART	POS	_	55	case	_	_
57	likeness	likeness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obl	_	_
58	to	to	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
59	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
60	iris	iris	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	compound	_	_
61	arch	arch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obl	_	_
62	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	64	det	_	_
63	poetic	poetic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	64	amod	_	_
64	fancy	fancy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	appos	_	_
65	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	66	nsubj	_	_
66	induced	induce	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	64	acl:relcl	_	_
67	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	66	obj	_	_
68	to	to	PART	TO	_	69	mark	_	_
69	name	name	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	66	advcl	_	_
70	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	69	obj	_	_
71	Te	Te	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	69	obj	_	_
72	Heru	Heru	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	71	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	76	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	o	of	ADP	IN	Abbr=Yes	76	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
75	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	74	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
76	Kahukura	Kahukura	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	71	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
77	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	80	punct	_	_
78	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	80	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
79	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	80	det	_	_
80	Comb	Comb	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	71	conj	_	_
81	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	83	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
82	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	83	cc	_	_
83	crest	crest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	80	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
84	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	83	punct	_	_
85	of	of	ADP	IN	_	88	case	_	_
86	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	88	det	_	_
87	Rainbow	Rainbow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	88	compound	_	_
88	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	83	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
89	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
90	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | we | the thought |  |  |  | southward *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent thought=Theme |
| 2 | **come** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **observe** | gerund |  | the evenly symmetrical round sweep of the Sugarloaf summit |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sweep=Topic |
| 4 | **see** | past | old time |  |  | the rainbow |  | the ancient Incas *nsubj* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 5 | **catch** | may · perfect · passive |  | the Maoris of old time |  | the peak's likeness |  | to the iris arch; well *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from likeness=Source |
| 6 | **induce** | past | the poetic fancy | Incas *= inca* |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 7 | **name** | to-infinitive | the poetic fancy *not said here* | rainbow |  |  |  | Te and Kahukura and the Comb *obj* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme te=Attribute |

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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.

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**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.

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