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title: With the opening of tracks along the bold range of heights between t… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics
description: With the opening of tracks along the bold range of heights between the Canterbury Plains and Lyttelton Harbour, and the acquisition of new reserves for the public, mainly through the efforts of one tireless worker, Mr. H. G. Ell, Christchurch residents are perhaps coming to a more lively sense of th
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# Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, The Story of the Rocks., sentence 1

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With the opening of tracks along the bold range of heights between the Canterbury Plains and Lyttelton Harbour, and the acquisition of new reserves for the public, mainly through the efforts of one tireless worker, Mr. H. G. Ell, Christchurch residents are perhaps coming to a more lively sense of the value of the Port Hills as a place of genuine recreation.

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**Who acts:** Christchurch residents, H. · **What happens:** come, hill, acquire, sense, value · **To what, where:** lively sense, new reserves, value, Port

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This is a sentence of «Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand» by James Cowan, The Story of the Rocks.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Christchurch residents, H.), 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:pg73766:9:1
# text = With the opening of tracks along the bold range of heights between the Canterbury Plains and Lyttelton Harbour, and the acquisition of new reserves for the public, mainly through the efforts of one tireless worker, Mr. H. G. Ell, Christchurch residents are perhaps coming to a more lively sense of the value of the Port Hills as a place of genuine recreation.
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	opening	opening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	tracks	track	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	along	along	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	bold	bold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	range	range	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	heights	height	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
12	between	between	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	Canterbury	Canterbury	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	Plains	Plain	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	Lyttelton	Lyttelton	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
18	Harbour	Harbour	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	acquisition	acquisition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	reserves	reserve	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nmod	_	_
26	for	for	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	public	public	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
30	mainly	mainly	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	_	_
31	through	through	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	efforts	effort	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	conj	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
35	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	37	nummod	_	_
36	tireless	tireless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
37	worker	worker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
39	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	nmod:desc	_	_
40	H.	H.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	60	nsubj	_	_
41	G.	G.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	flat	_	_
42	Ell	Ell	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
44	Christchurch	Christchurch	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	45	compound	_	_
45	residents	resident	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	48	nsubj	_	_
46	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	48	aux	_	_
47	perhaps	perhaps	ADV	RB	_	48	advmod	_	_
48	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	60	csubj	_	_
49	to	to	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
50	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
51	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	52	advmod	_	_
52	lively	lively	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	amod	_	_
53	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obl	_	_
54	of	of	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	value	value	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	nmod	_	_
57	of	of	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
58	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
59	Port	Port	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	56	nmod	_	_
60	Hills	hill	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
61	as	as	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
62	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
63	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	obl	_	_
64	of	of	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
65	genuine	genuine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	66	amod	_	_
66	recreation	recreation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	60	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present · progressive | Christchurch residents |  |  | a lively sense of the value of the Port |  | perhaps *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to sense=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **hill** | present | H.  Mr. |  |  |  |  | with the opening of tracks along the bold range of heights between the Canterbury Plains and Lyttelton and the acquisition of new reserves for the public and the efforts of one tireless worker; as a place of genuine recreation | tree rules |
| 3 | **acquire** |  |  | new reserves for the public and the efforts of one tireless worker |  |  |  |  | nom acquisition «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **sense** |  |  | the value of the Port |  |  |  |  | nom sense «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 5 | **value** |  |  | the Port |  |  |  |  | nom value «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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