--- title: The water-front, in spite of its smart new jetty for the launches, i… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: The water-front, in spite of its smart new jetty for the launches, is lonelier than in the old days; for there was a time, long after the war-canoe era, when three long whaleboats were hauled up on the sand where the boulders are piled aside yonder and often these could be seen pulling down to Lytte --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/101/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Ca…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/) / [Rapaki: a Village By the Sea.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/) / 101 # Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, Rapaki: a Village By the Sea., sentence 101 The water-front, in spite of its smart new jetty for the launches, is lonelier than in the old days; for there was a time, long after the war-canoe era, when three long whaleboats were hauled up on the sand where the boulders are piled aside yonder and often these could be seen pulling down to Lyttelton laden with potatoes, corn and fruit. **Who acts:** water front, time, these · **What happens:** be, haul up, pile, see, pull down, laden · **To what, where:** three long whaleboats, boulders, sand, these, Lyttelton, smart new jetty This is a sentence of «Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand» by James Cowan, Rapaki: a Village By the Sea.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (water front, time, these), 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:pg73766:12:101 # text = The water-front, in spite of its smart new jetty for the launches, is lonelier than in the old days; for there was a time, long after the war-canoe era, when three long whaleboats were hauled up on the sand where the boulders are piled aside yonder and often these could be seen pulling down to Lyttelton laden with potatoes, corn and fruit. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 spite spite NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 10 smart smart ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 jetty jetty NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 launches launch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 lonelier lonely ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 19 than than ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 for for SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 27 expl _ _ 27 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 31 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 37 advmod _ _ 32 after after ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 34 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 canoe canoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 era era NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 39 when when SCONJ WRB _ 44 mark _ _ 40 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 nummod _ _ 41 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 whaleboats whaleboat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 hauled haul VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 conj _ _ 45 up up ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ _ 46 on on ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 49 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 53 advmod _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 boulders boulder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 nsubj:pass _ _ 52 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux:pass _ _ 53 piled pile VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 parataxis _ _ 54 aside aside ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 55 yonder yonder ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 57 often often ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 58 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 61 nsubj:pass _ _ 59 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 60 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 61 aux:pass _ _ 61 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 53 conj _ _ 62 pulling pull VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 61 xcomp _ _ 63 down down ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 64 to to ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 Lyttelton Lyttelton PROPN NNP Number=Sing 66 obl _ _ 66 laden laden VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 62 advcl _ _ 67 with with ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 68 potatoes potato NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 70 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 conj _ _ 71 and and CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 72 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the water front and spite of spite's smart new jetty for the launches | | | | day | lonely *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | past | a time | | | there | after the canoe era | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **haul up** | past · passive | | three long whaleboats | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **pile** | present · passive | | the boulders | | the sand | | aside, yonder *property* | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on sand=Destination | | 5 | **see** | could · passive | | these | | | | often *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **pull down** | gerund | these *not said here* | | | | | down *property* | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **laden** | present | these *not said here* | | Lyttelton | | | with potatoes and corn and fruit | tree rules | | 8 | **spite** | | | spite's smart new jetty for the launches | | | | | nom spite «feeling transitive»: of=patient | 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 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/100/) - next →: [sentence 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/102/) - ↑ back to [Rapaki: a Village By the Sea.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/)