--- title: The _Kaumatua_ swept his finger across the southern sky-line, the wi… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: The _Kaumatua_ swept his finger across the southern sky-line, the wild and broken peaks of Banks Peninsula, rising up in powerful slants from the soft blue of the harbour, creased with the gullies of water-courses. Who acts: Kaumatua _. 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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 (Kaumatua \_), 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:pg73766:14:19 # text = The _Kaumatua_ swept his finger across the southern sky-line, the wild and broken peaks of Banks Peninsula, rising up in powerful slants from the soft blue of the harbour, creased with the gullies of water-courses. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Kaumatua Kaumatua PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 _ _ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 swept sweep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 across across ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 10 southern southern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 11 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 wild wild NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 amod _ _ 19 peaks peak NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 conj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 Banks Banks PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 Peninsula Peninsula PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 rising rise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 25 up up ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 powerful powerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 slants slant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 29 from from ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 blue blue NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 harbour harbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 creased crease VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 gullies gully NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 courses course NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sweep** | past | the Kaumatua \_ | \_'s finger | | the southern sky line and the wild and broken peaks of Banks Peninsula | | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent finger=Theme across line=Trajectory | | 2 | **break** | participle | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **rise up** | gerund | the Kaumatua \_ *not said here* | | | powerful slants from the soft blue of the harbour | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in slant=Location | | 4 | **crease** | participle | | powerful slants from the soft blue of the harbour *not said here* | | | | with the gullies of water courses | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with gully=Instrument | 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/14/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/14/20/) - ↑ back to [The Little People of the Mist.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/14/)