--- title: Here and there a little watercourse, its fountain-head waters drippi… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: Here and there a little watercourse, its fountain-head waters dripping silently from some cool crevice in the rocks, all arboured over by the matted roofing of _kotukutuku_, twisty and witchy of branch, and _mahoe_ and glossy-green _karaka_ of the plenteous foliage. 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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 (head waters, matted roofing), 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:pg73766:9:23 # text = Here and there a little watercourse, its fountain-head waters dripping silently from some cool crevice in the rocks, all arboured over by the matted roofing of _kotukutuku_, twisty and witchy of branch, and _mahoe_ and glossy-green _karaka_ of the plenteous foliage. 1 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 1 cc _ _ 3 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 1 expl _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 watercourse watercourse NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 9 fountain fountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 appos _ _ 13 dripping drip VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 acl _ _ 14 silently silently ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 from from ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 18 det _ _ 17 cool cool ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 crevice crevice NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 arboured arbour VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl _ _ 25 over over ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 by by ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 matted mat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 amod _ _ 29 roofing roofing NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 kotukutuku kotukutuku X FW Foreign=Yes 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 twisty twisty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 parataxis _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 witchy witchy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 conj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 mahoe mahoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 1 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 46 glossy glossy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ 49 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 karaka karaka NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 1 punct _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 54 plenteous plenteous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 foliage foliage NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drip** | gerund | watercourse's head waters *not said here* | | | some cool crevice in the rocks | | silently *property* | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP.theme V PP.source»: agent=Theme from crevice=Source | | 2 | **arbour over** | participle · passive | the matted roofing of kotukutuku | all | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **mat** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/9/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/9/24/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Rocks.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/9/)