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title: The harbour lies a sheet of scarcely moving tender turquoise, just a… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics
description: The harbour lies a sheet of scarcely moving tender turquoise, just a shade lighter than the face of the famous Tikitapu, inaccurately called the Blue Lake by the _pakeha_; high beyond the shark’s-teeth of the peaks that someone has named the Seven Sleepers are drawn in soft blue upon the rose of the
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# Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, Rapaki: a Village By the Sea., sentence 106

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The harbour lies a sheet of scarcely moving tender turquoise, just a shade lighter than the face of the famous Tikitapu, inaccurately called the Blue Lake by the \_pakeha\_; high beyond the shark’s-teeth of the peaks that someone has named the Seven Sleepers are drawn in soft blue upon the rose of the heaven above, their feet are bathed in violet, and the purple mists swim wraith-like from their hidden hollows.

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**Who acts:** harbour, sheet, purple mists · **What happens:** lie, move, call, name, draw, bath · **To what, where:** sheet, tender turquoise, famous Tikitapu, someone, Seven Sleepers, soft blue · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (harbour, sheet, purple mists), 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:pg73766:12:106
# text = The harbour lies a sheet of scarcely moving tender turquoise, just a shade lighter than the face of the famous Tikitapu, inaccurately called the Blue Lake by the _pakeha_; high beyond the shark’s-teeth of the peaks that someone has named the Seven Sleepers are drawn in soft blue upon the rose of the heaven above, their feet are bathed in violet, and the purple mists swim wraith-like from their hidden hollows.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	harbour	harbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lies	lie	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sheet	sheet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	scarcely	scarcely	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	moving	move	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
9	tender	tender	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	turquoise	turquoise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	just	just	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	shade	shade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	_
15	lighter	light	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	14	amod	_	_
16	than	than	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	Tikitapu	Tikitapu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
24	inaccurately	inaccurately	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
25	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	acl	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
27	Blue	Blue	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	Lake	Lake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	xcomp	_	_
29	by	by	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	32	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	pakeha	pakeha	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
35	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	_
36	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	shark’s	shark'	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	38	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	conj	_	_
41	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	peaks	peak	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	nmod	_	_
44	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	47	obj	_	_
45	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	47	nsubj:pass	_	_
46	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	47	aux	_	_
47	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	43	acl:relcl	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
49	Seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	50	nummod	_	_
50	Sleepers	Sleeper	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	52	nsubj	_	_
51	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	52	aux:pass	_	_
52	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	47	ccomp	_	_
53	in	in	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
55	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	obl	_	_
56	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	rose	rose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obl	_	_
59	of	of	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
60	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
61	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	nmod	_	_
62	above	above	ADV	RB	_	61	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	67	punct	_	_
64	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	65	nmod:poss	_	_
65	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	67	nsubj:pass	_	_
66	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	67	aux:pass	_	_
67	bathed	bath	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
68	in	in	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
69	violet	violet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	67	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	75	punct	_	_
71	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	75	cc	_	_
72	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	74	det	_	_
73	purple	purple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	74	amod	_	_
74	mists	mist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	75	nsubj	_	_
75	swim	swim	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	67	conj	_	_
76	wraith	wraith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	78	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
77	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	76	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
78	like	like	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	75	advcl	_	_
79	from	from	ADP	IN	_	82	case	_	_
80	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	82	nmod:poss	_	_
81	hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	82	amod	_	_
82	hollows	hollow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	75	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
83	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | present | the harbour | a sheet |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sheet=Theme |
| 2 | **move** | gerund | a sheet *not said here* | tender turquoise |  |  |  | scarcely *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent turquoise=Theme |
| 3 | **call** | participle |  | the famous Tikitapu *not said here* |  |  |  | by the pakeha; the Blue Lake *xcomp*; inaccurately *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **name** | present · perfect · passive |  | someone |  |  |  | the peaks *obj* | tree rules |
| 5 | **draw** | present · passive |  | the Seven Sleepers |  | soft blue |  | upon the rose of the heaven | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in blue=Destination |
| 6 | **bath** | present · passive |  | Sleepers's feet |  | violet |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **swim** | present | the purple mists |  |  | mists's hidden hollows |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from hollow=Trajectory |

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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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