--- title: It is curious that this isolated range--fairy-haunted in native lege… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: It is curious that this isolated range--fairy-haunted in native legend--lifting abruptly on all sides from the tussocky plains that slope to Lake Manapouri, from more than one point bears a resemblance to the form of a colossal canoe upturned. Who acts: range, tussocky plains, resemblance. 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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 (range, tussocky plains, resemblance), 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:pg73766:13:16 # text = It is curious that this isolated range--fairy-haunted in native legend--lifting abruptly on all sides from the tussocky plains that slope to Lake Manapouri, from more than one point bears a resemblance to the form of a colossal canoe upturned. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 curious curious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 6 isolated isolated ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 range range NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 -- -- PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 haunted haunt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl:relcl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 native native ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 legend legend NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 -- -- PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 lifting lift VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ _ 17 abruptly abruptly ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 20 det _ _ 20 sides side NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 21 from from ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 tussocky tussocky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 plains plain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 25 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 slope slope VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Lake Lake PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 29 Manapouri Manapouri PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 from from ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 32 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV 34 advmod _ _ 33 than than ADP IN _ 32 fixed _ _ 34 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nummod _ _ 35 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 bears bear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 parataxis _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 resemblance resemblance NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 colossal colossal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 canoe canoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 46 upturned upturn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | range | | | | | this isolated range *advcl*; curious *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **haunt** | participle | | this isolated range *not said here* | | native legend | | fairy *compound* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **lift** | gerund | | | | all sides | | from the tussocky plains; abruptly *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent on side=Destination from plain=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **slope** | present | the tussocky plains | | Lake | | | one point bears *parataxis* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **upturn** | past | a resemblance to the form of a colossal canoe | one point bears *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **form** | | | a colossal canoe | | | | | nom form «communication 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/13/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/13/17/) - ↑ back to [How the Sacred Fire Came to Witch Hill.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/13/)