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title: For the priceless gift of free access to these grand tops of the Por… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics
description: For the priceless gift of free access to these grand tops of the Port Range the people are indebted to the efforts and the gifts of a few public spirited residents, but most of all to the exertions of Mr. H. G. Ell, whose enthusiasm, prescience of vision, and singleness of purpose in developing the 
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# Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, Whitcombe & Tombs Limited, sentence 11

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For the priceless gift of free access to these grand tops of the Port Range the people are indebted to the efforts and the gifts of a few public spirited residents, but most of all to the exertions of Mr. H. G. Ell, whose enthusiasm, prescience of vision, and singleness of purpose in developing the Summit Road along this mountain park have properly earned him the admiration and the thanks of thousands of his fellow-citizens who daily lift up their eyes to the Hills and who find on those hills their pleasure and their solace for town-tired body and brain.

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**Who acts:** singleness, fellow citizens, gifts · **What happens:** indebt, develop, earn, lift up, find, gift · **To what, where:** people, Summit Road, admiration, Mr., eyes, Hills

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This is a sentence of «Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand» by James Cowan, Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (singleness, fellow citizens, gifts), 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:pg73766:2:11
# text = For the priceless gift of free access to these grand tops of the Port Range the people are indebted to the efforts and the gifts of a few public spirited residents, but most of all to the exertions of Mr. H. G. Ell, whose enthusiasm, prescience of vision, and singleness of purpose in developing the Summit Road along this mountain park have properly earned him the admiration and the thanks of thousands of his fellow-citizens who daily lift up their eyes to the Hills and who find on those hills their pleasure and their solace for town-tired body and brain.
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	priceless	priceless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	access	access	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
10	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	tops	top	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	Port	Port	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	Range	Range	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nsubj	_	_
18	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux:pass	_	_
19	indebted	indebt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	efforts	effort	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	conj	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
27	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
28	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
29	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
30	spirited	spirited	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	residents	resident	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
33	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
34	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	39	nsubj	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	34	nmod	_	_
37	to	to	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	exertions	exertion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
41	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	nmod:desc	_	_
42	H.	H.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	compound	_	_
43	G.	G.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	_
44	Ell	Ell	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
46	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	47	nmod:poss	_	_
47	enthusiasm	enthusiasm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
49	prescience	prescience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	conj	_	_
50	of	of	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	vision	vision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
53	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	54	cc	_	_
54	singleness	singleness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	68	nsubj	_	_
55	of	of	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
56	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	nmod	_	_
57	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	58	mark	_	_
58	developing	develop	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	54	acl	_	_
59	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
60	Summit	Summit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	61	compound	_	_
61	Road	Road	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	58	obj	_	_
62	along	along	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
63	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	65	det	_	_
64	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	65	compound	_	_
65	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	obl	_	_
66	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	68	aux	_	_
67	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	68	advmod	_	_
68	earned	earn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	19	advcl	_	_
69	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	68	obj	_	_
70	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	71	det	_	_
71	admiration	admiration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	68	obj	_	_
72	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	74	cc	_	_
73	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	74	det	_	_
74	thanks	thanks	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	71	conj	_	_
75	of	of	ADP	IN	_	76	case	_	_
76	thousands	thousand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	74	nmod	_	_
77	of	of	ADP	IN	_	81	case	_	_
78	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	81	nmod:poss	_	_
79	fellow	fellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	81	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
80	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	79	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
81	citizens	citizen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	76	nmod	_	_
82	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	84	nsubj	_	_
83	daily	daily	ADV	RB	_	84	advmod	_	_
84	lift	lift	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	81	acl:relcl	_	_
85	up	up	ADP	RP	_	84	compound:prt	_	_
86	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	87	nmod:poss	_	_
87	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	84	obj	_	_
88	to	to	ADP	IN	_	90	case	_	_
89	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	90	det	_	_
90	Hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	84	obl	_	_
91	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	93	cc	_	_
92	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	93	nsubj	_	_
93	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	84	conj	_	_
94	on	on	ADP	IN	_	96	case	_	_
95	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	96	det	_	_
96	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	93	obl	_	_
97	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	98	nmod:poss	_	_
98	pleasure	pleasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	96	nmod	_	_
99	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	101	cc	_	_
100	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	101	nmod:poss	_	_
101	solace	solace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	98	conj	_	_
102	for	for	ADP	IN	_	106	case	_	_
103	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	106	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
104	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	103	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
105	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	106	amod	_	_
106	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	93	obl	_	_
107	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	108	cc	_	_
108	brain	brain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	106	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
109	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indebt** | present · passive |  | the people |  |  |  | for the priceless gift of free access to this grand tops of the Port Range; to the efforts and the gifts of a few public spirited residents; to the exertions of H. G. and prescience of vision | tree rules |
| 2 | **develop** | gerund | singleness of purpose *not said here* | the Summit Road |  |  |  | along this mountain park | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Product |
| 3 | **earn** | present · perfect | singleness of purpose | the admiration and the thanks of thousands of Mr.'s fellow citizens | Mr. |  |  | properly *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary admiration=Theme |
| 4 | **lift up** | present | Mr.'s fellow citizens | gifts's eyes |  | the Hills |  | daily *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent eye=Theme to hill=Destination |
| 5 | **find** | present |  |  |  | that hills  gifts's pleasure and gifts's solace |  | for town tired body and brain; who *nsubj* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for body=Beneficiary |
| 6 | **gift** |  |  | free access to this grand tops of the Port Range |  |  |  |  | nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient |
| 7 | **gift** |  |  | a few public spirited residents |  |  |  |  | nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient |
| 8 | **exert** |  |  | H. G. |  |  |  |  | nom exertion «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 9 | **please** |  | gifts *= gift* |  |  |  |  |  | nom pleasure «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
| 10 | **solace** |  | gifts *= gift* |  |  |  |  |  | nom solace «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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