--- title: Above Corsair Bay and Cass Bay there is a group of bold rocky peaks… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: Above Corsair Bay and Cass Bay there is a group of bold rocky peaks which, as the traveller passes onward from Lyttelton, is seen to curve inward in a huge half-cup, open to the south, and down this open side are strewn the disorderly remains of the old lava stream which flowed from the core of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/9/16/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Ca…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/) / [The Story of the Rocks.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/9/) / 16 # Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, The Story of the Rocks., sentence 16 Above Corsair Bay and Cass Bay there is a group of bold rocky peaks which, as the traveller passes onward from Lyttelton, is seen to curve inward in a huge half-cup, open to the south, and down this open side are strewn the disorderly remains of the old lava stream which flowed from the core of the volcano and which ran out into the harbour at Cass Bay in a tumbled black reef. **Who acts:** group, bold rocky peaks, old lava stream · **What happens:** be, pass, see, curve, open, flow · **To what, where:** Corsair Bay, Lyttelton, huge half cup, south, core, harbour 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 (group, bold rocky peaks, old lava stream), 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:pg73766:9:16 # text = Above Corsair Bay and Cass Bay there is a group of bold rocky peaks which, as the traveller passes onward from Lyttelton, is seen to curve inward in a huge half-cup, open to the south, and down this open side are strewn the disorderly remains of the old lava stream which flowed from the core of the volcano and which ran out into the harbour at Cass Bay in a tumbled black reef. 1 Above above ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 Corsair Corsair PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Bay Bay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 Cass Cass PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 Bay Bay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 7 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 8 expl _ _ 8 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 group group NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 bold bold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 13 rocky rocky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 peaks peak NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 15 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 traveller traveller NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 passes pass VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 21 onward onward ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 from from ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Lyttelton Lyttelton PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 curve curve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 inward inward ADV RB Degree=Pos 28 advmod _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 32 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 33 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 35 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 south south NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 43 down down ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 46 det _ _ 45 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 47 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 48 strewn strewn ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 parataxis _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 disorderly disorderly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 remains remains NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 48 appos _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 54 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 55 lava lava NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 compound _ _ 56 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ _ 57 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 58 nsubj _ _ 58 flowed flow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 acl:relcl _ _ 59 from from ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 core core NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 volcano volcano NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nmod _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 66 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 67 nsubj _ _ 67 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 conj _ _ 68 out out ADP RP _ 67 compound:prt _ _ 69 into into ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 harbour harbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obl _ _ 72 at at ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 Cass Cass PROPN NNP Number=Sing 74 compound _ _ 74 Bay Bay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 71 nmod _ _ 75 in in ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 76 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 77 tumbled tumble VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 79 amod _ _ 78 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 79 amod _ _ 79 reef reef NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 80 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | a group of bold rocky peaks | | | Corsair Bay and Cass Bay; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme above bay=Location | | 2 | **pass** | present | bold rocky peaks | | | Lyttelton | | the traveller *nsubj*; onward *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from lyttelton=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **see** | present · passive | a group of bold rocky peaks *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **curve** | to-infinitive | a group of bold rocky peaks *not said here* | | | a huge half cup | | inward *property* | vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material | | 5 | **open** | infinitive | a group of bold rocky peaks *not said here* | | the south | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to south=Recipient | | 6 | **is** | present | | | | | | down this open side; the disorderly remains of the old lava stream *appos*; strewn *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **flow** | past | the old lava stream | | | the core of the volcano | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **run out** | past | | | | | | into the harbour at Cass Bay *result*; in a tumbled black reef; which *nsubj* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into harbour=Result | | 9 | **tumble** | participle | | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/9/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/9/17/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Rocks.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/9/)