--- title: As we travel northward along the Summit Track from the Poho-o-Tamate… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: As we travel northward along the Summit Track from the Poho-o-Tamatea, observing from this commanding height--a thousand feet above little Rapaki village, lying in its grassy nest below--how that great spearhead of rock has in reality an almost level top, we come to a remarkable broken wall of grey --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/13/1/) [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/) / [How the Sacred Fire Came to Witch Hill.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/13/) / 1 # Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, How the Sacred Fire Came to Witch Hill., sentence 1 As we travel northward along the Summit Track from the Poho-o-Tamatea, observing from this commanding height--a thousand feet above little Rapaki village, lying in its grassy nest below--how that great spearhead of rock has in reality an almost level top, we come to a remarkable broken wall of grey lava moss-crusted and shrub-tufted, protruding from the grassy flanks of the craggy knoll called Witch Hill. **Who acts:** we, great spearhead · **What happens:** travel, observe, command, lie, have, come · **To what, where:** Poho Tamatea, commanding height, grassy nest, reality, remarkable, grey lava · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand» by James Cowan, How the Sacred Fire Came to Witch Hill.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, great spearhead), 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:pg73766:13:1 # text = As we travel northward along the Summit Track from the Poho-o-Tamatea, observing from this commanding height--a thousand feet above little Rapaki village, lying in its grassy nest below--how that great spearhead of rock has in reality an almost level top, we come to a remarkable broken wall of grey lava moss-crusted and shrub-tufted, protruding from the grassy flanks of the craggy knoll called Witch Hill. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 travel travel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 advcl _ _ 4 northward northward ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 along along ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 Summit summit NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Track track NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 11 Poho Poho PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 15 case _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Tamatea Tamatea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 observing observe VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 det _ _ 20 commanding command VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 amod _ _ 21 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 -- -- PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 25 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ _ 26 above above ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 28 Rapaki Rapaki PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 conj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 grassy grassy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 below below ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 -- -- PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 44 advmod _ _ 39 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 41 det _ _ 40 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 spearhead spearhead NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 44 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 reality reality NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 47 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 48 almost almost ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 level level ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 52 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 54 to to ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 remarkable remarkable NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 57 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 58 amod _ _ 58 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 lava lava NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nmod _ _ 62 moss moss NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 63 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 62 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 crusted crust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 61 acl:relcl _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 66 shrub shrub NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 67 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 tufted tuft VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 64 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 70 protruding protrude VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 68 advcl _ _ 71 from from ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 73 grassy grassy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 74 amod _ _ 74 flanks flank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 70 obl _ _ 75 of of ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 78 det _ _ 77 craggy craggy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 78 amod _ _ 78 knoll knoll NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 nmod _ _ 79 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 78 acl _ _ 80 Witch Witch PROPN NNP Number=Sing 81 compound _ _ 81 Hill Hill PROPN NNP Number=Sing 79 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 82 . . PUNCT . _ 53 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **travel** | present | we | | | the Poho Tamatea | | along the Summit Track; northward *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along track=Trajectory | | 2 | **observe** | gerund | we *not said here* | | | this commanding height and thousand feet above little Rapaki village | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **command** | gerund | | | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **lie** | gerund | we *not said here* | | | village's grassy nest | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in nest=Location | | 5 | **have** | present | that great spearhead of rock | | | reality a level top | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **come** | present | we | | | a remarkable broken wall of grey lava | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to remarkable=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **break** | participle | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **crust** | participle | | grey lava *not said here* | | | | moss *compound* | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **tuft** | participle | | | | | | shrub *compound* | tree rules | | 10 | **protrude** | gerund | | | | the grassy flanks of the craggy knoll | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **call** | participle | | the craggy knoll *not said here* | | | | Witch Hill *xcomp* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: 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: [Rapaki: a Village By the Sea., 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/112/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/13/2/) - ↑ back to [How the Sacred Fire Came to Witch Hill.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/13/)