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title: The most wonderful example of this stratified formation is the face… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics
description: The most wonderful example of this stratified formation is the face of the south head of Akaroa Harbour; but it is possible to study similar pages in the volcanic chapter of Canterbury’s history without going many yards from the Summit Road anywhere from the sea to the hills above the harbour head. 
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# Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, The Story of the Rocks., sentence 13

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The most wonderful example of this stratified formation is the face of the south head of Akaroa Harbour; but it is possible to study similar pages in the volcanic chapter of Canterbury’s history without going many yards from the Summit Road anywhere from the sea to the hills above the harbour head.

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**Who acts:** wonderful example, it · **What happens:** stratify, be, study, go, exemplify · **To what, where:** face, similar pages, volcanic chapter, many yards, Summit Road, stratified formation

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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 (wonderful example, it), 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:pg73766:9:13
# text = The most wonderful example of this stratified formation is the face of the south head of Akaroa Harbour; but it is possible to study similar pages in the volcanic chapter of Canterbury’s history without going many yards from the Summit Road anywhere from the sea to the hills above the harbour head.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	3	advmod	_	_
3	wonderful	wonderful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	example	example	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
7	stratified	stratify	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	formation	formation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	south	South	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Akaroa	Akaroa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	Harbour	Harbour	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
20	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
21	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
22	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
23	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	advcl	_	_
24	to	to	PART	TO	_	25	mark	_	_
25	study	study	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	csubj	_	_
26	similar	similar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	pages	page	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	obj	_	_
28	in	in	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
30	volcanic	volcanic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
33	Canterbury	Canterbury	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	’s	's	PART	POS	_	33	case	_	_
35	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	_
36	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	37	mark	_	_
37	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	25	advcl	_	_
38	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	yards	yard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	obj	_	_
40	from	from	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
42	Summit	Summit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	compound	_	_
43	Road	Road	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	_
44	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	47	advmod	_	_
45	from	from	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	_
48	to	to	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	obl	_	_
51	above	above	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
53	harbour	harbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	compound	_	_
54	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stratify** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the wonderful example of this stratified formation | the face |  |  |  | of the south head of Akaroa | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | possible *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **study** | to-infinitive |  | similar pages |  | the volcanic chapter of Canterbury's history |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent page=Topic |
| 5 | **go** | gerund |  | many yards |  | the Summit Road |  | from the sea; to the hills above the harbour head | tree rules |
| 6 | **exemplify** |  |  | this stratified formation |  |  |  |  | nom example «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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