--- title: The fragments of the native bush which survive in the valleys will b… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: The fragments of the native bush which survive in the valleys will be of surpassing botanical interest in another generation or two, but the vegetation of the hills inevitably will suffer many changes, and an exotic growth will for the most part replace the ancient trees. Who acts: native bush, frag --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/9/3/) [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/) / 3 # Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, The Story of the Rocks., sentence 3 The fragments of the native bush which survive in the valleys will be of surpassing botanical interest in another generation or two, but the vegetation of the hills inevitably will suffer many changes, and an exotic growth will for the most part replace the ancient trees. **Who acts:** native bush, fragments, vegetation, exotic growth · **What happens:** survive, be, suffer, replace · **To what, where:** valleys, many changes, ancient trees 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 (native bush, fragments, vegetation, exotic growth), 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:pg73766:9:3 # text = The fragments of the native bush which survive in the valleys will be of surpassing botanical interest in another generation or two, but the vegetation of the hills inevitably will suffer many changes, and an exotic growth will for the most part replace the ancient trees. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fragments fragment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 native native ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 survive survive VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 valleys valley NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 12 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 cop _ _ 14 of of SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 15 surpassing surpass VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 16 botanical botanical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 interest interest NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 20 det _ _ 20 generation generation NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 or or CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 vegetation vegetation NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ _ 30 inevitably inevitably ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 31 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 suffer suffer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 33 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 changes change NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 37 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 exotic exotic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 growth growth NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 40 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 44 amod _ _ 44 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 45 replace replace VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **survive** | present | the native bush | | | the valleys | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in valley=Location | | 2 | **is** | future | the fragments of the native bush | | | | | botanical interest *obj*; surpass *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **suffer** | future | the vegetation of the hills | many changes | | | | inevitably *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer change=Stimulus | | 4 | **replace** | future | a exotic growth | the ancient trees | | | | for the most part | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tree=Co-Theme | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/9/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/9/4/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Rocks.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/9/)