--- title: Such bold crags are “the eyebrows of the hills”; they give what woul… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: Such bold crags are “the eyebrows of the hills”; they give what would otherwise be tame landscapes dignity and force and wildness, and an exploration of these fastnesses of Nature so near our doors, and opened up by the Summit Road, is not merely pleasurable, but is fruitful in an intelligent apprec --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/9/21/) [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/) / 21 # Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, The Story of the Rocks., sentence 21 Such bold crags are “the eyebrows of the hills”; they give what would otherwise be tame landscapes dignity and force and wildness, and an exploration of these fastnesses of Nature so near our doors, and opened up by the Summit Road, is not merely pleasurable, but is fruitful in an intelligent appreciation of the amazing forces which helped to mould the land in which we live. **Who acts:** Such bold crags, crags, amazing forces, we · **What happens:** be, give, open up, not be, help, live · **To what, where:** eyebrows, doors, tame landscapes, intelligent appreciation, mould, land · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (Such bold crags, crags, amazing forces, we), 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:pg73766:9:21 # text = Such bold crags are “the eyebrows of the hills”; they give what would otherwise be tame landscapes dignity and force and wildness, and an exploration of these fastnesses of Nature so near our doors, and opened up by the Summit Road, is not merely pleasurable, but is fruitful in an intelligent appreciation of the amazing forces which helped to mould the land in which we live. 1 Such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 bold bold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 crags crag NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 eyebrows eyebrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 15 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 14 obj _ _ 16 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 17 otherwise otherwise ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 cop _ _ 19 tame tame ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 landscapes landscape NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 21 dignity dignity NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 appos _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 force force NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 wildness wildness NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 exploration exploration NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 32 det _ _ 32 fastnesses fastness NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Nature Nature PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 36 near near ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 opened open VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 parataxis _ _ 42 up up ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 43 by by ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 Summit Summit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 Road Road PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 49 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 51 advmod _ _ 50 merely merely ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 pleasurable pleasurable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 53 but but CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 54 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 cop _ _ 55 fruitful fruitful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 conj _ _ 56 in in ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 57 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 58 intelligent intelligent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 appreciation appreciation NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 62 amazing amazing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 63 forces force NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 nmod _ _ 64 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 65 nsubj _ _ 65 helped help VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 acl:relcl _ _ 66 to to PART TO _ 67 mark _ _ 67 mould mould NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obj _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obj _ _ 70 in in ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 71 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 73 obl _ _ 72 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 73 nsubj _ _ 73 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 69 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Such bold crags | the eyebrows | | | | of the hills | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | present | crags *= crag* | the eyebrows | | our doors | | a exploration of this fastnesses of Nature *obl* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | infinitive | | tame landscapes | | | | dignity and force and wildness *appos*; otherwise *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **open up** | participle | | | | | | by the Summit Road | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **is** | present | | | | | | merely, pleasurable *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | present | | | | a intelligent appreciation of the amazing forces | | fruitful *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **help** | past | the amazing forces | mould | | | | the land *obj* | tree rules | | 8 | **live** | present | we | | | the land | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Location | | 9 | **explore** | | | this fastnesses of Nature | | | | | nom exploration «act 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/9/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/9/22/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Rocks.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/9/)