--- title: In this little book I have endeavoured to interweave with descriptio… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: In this little book I have endeavoured to interweave with descriptions of the most picturesque parts of the Canterbury Port Hills some of the Maori poetic legends and historical traditions which belong to the Range, and which have not previously been recorded. Who acts: I, historical traditions. 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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 (I, historical traditions), 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:pg73766:2:7 # text = In this little book I have endeavoured to interweave with descriptions of the most picturesque parts of the Canterbury Port Hills some of the Maori poetic legends and historical traditions which belong to the Range, and which have not previously been recorded. 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 3 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 endeavoured endeavour VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 interweave interweave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 descriptions description NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 14 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 15 advmod _ _ 15 picturesque picturesque ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 parts part NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 19 Canterbury Canterbury PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 20 Port Port PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 Hills Hill PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ _ 22 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 21 appos _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 25 Maori Maori PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 26 poetic poetic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 legends legend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 historical historical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 traditions tradition NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 conj _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 belong belong VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Range Range PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 38 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 obj _ _ 39 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 41 previously previously ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 42 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 recorded record VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **endeavour** | present · perfect | I | | | this little book | | | tree rules | | 2 | **interweave** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | with descriptions of the picturesque parts of the Canterbury Port Hills | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with description=Co-Patient | | 3 | **belong** | present | historical traditions | | | | | to the Range | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **not** **record** | present · perfect · passive | I *not said here* | | | | | which *obj*; previously *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: which=Theme | | 5 | **describe** | | | the picturesque parts of the Canterbury Port Hills | | | | | nom description «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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/2/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/2/8/) - ↑ back to [Whitcombe & Tombs Limited](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/2/)