--- title: There are lava rocks, he says, like those of the Ahi-a-Tamatea on th… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: There are lava rocks, he says, like those of the Ahi-a-Tamatea on the shore of Quail Island; and then there are the always wonderful cliff of Pari-mataa and the wall of Otarahaka on the Mount Herbert side of the upper harbour. Who acts: lava rocks, rock. 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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 (lava rocks, rock), 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:pg73766:13:45 # text = There are lava rocks, he says, like those of the Ahi-a-Tamatea on the shore of Quail Island; and then there are the always wonderful cliff of Pari-mataa and the wall of Otarahaka on the Mount Herbert side of the upper harbour. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 lava lava NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 like like ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 7 ccomp _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 13 Ahi Ahi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 Tamatea Tamatea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 Quail Quail PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 Island Island PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 26 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 28 advmod _ _ 27 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 28 expl _ _ 28 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 30 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 31 advmod _ _ 31 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 cliff cliff NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 Pari Pari PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 mataa mataa NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Otarahaka Otarahaka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 44 Mount Mount PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 Herbert Herbert PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 upper upper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 harbour harbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **does** | present | lava rocks | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | rock | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | present | | the wonderful cliff | | | always | of Pari mataa on the Herbert side of the upper harbour and the wall of Otarahaka | tree rules | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/13/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/13/46/) - ↑ back to [How the Sacred Fire Came to Witch Hill.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/13/)