Hawaiian Historical Legends, Laa From Tahiti, sentence 53
But he only waited until each of the three chiefesses gave birth to a son, and then sailed away to establish a lasting line of rulers in Tahiti, where, according to Tahitian custom, he was called Raa.
Who acts: Tahiti, each · What happens: wait, give, sail away, establish, accord, call · To what, where: birth, son, lasting line, Tahitian custom · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, Laa From Tahiti. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Tahiti, each), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 4 waited | cc |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 waited | nsubj |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 waited | advmod |
| 4 | waited | wait | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 11 gave | mark |
| 6 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 gave | nsubj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 chiefesses | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 chiefesses | det |
| 9 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 chiefesses | nummod |
| 10 | chiefesses | chiefess | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 each | nmod |
| 11 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 waited | advcl |
| 12 | birth | birth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 gave | obj |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 son | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 son | det |
| 15 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 gave | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 sailed | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 sailed | cc |
| 18 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 19 sailed | advmod |
| 19 | sailed | sail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 waited | conj |
| 20 | away | away | ADV | _ | 19 sailed | advmod |
| 21 | to | to | PART | _ | 22 establish | mark |
| 22 | establish | establish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 sailed | advcl |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 line | det |
| 24 | lasting | lasting | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 line | amod |
| 25 | line | line | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 establish | obj |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 rulers | case |
| 27 | rulers | ruler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 line | nmod |
| 28 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 Tahiti | case |
| 29 | Tahiti | Tahiti | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 rulers | nmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 called | punct |
| 31 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 40 called | advmod |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 custom | punct |
| 33 | according | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 36 custom | case |
| 34 | to | to | ADP | _ | 33 according | fixed |
| 35 | Tahitian | tahitian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 custom | amod |
| 36 | custom | custom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 called | nsubj:pass |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 custom | punct |
| 38 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 called | nsubj |
| 39 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 called | aux:pass |
| 40 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 line | acl |
| 41 | Raa | Raa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 called | xcomp |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 waited | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | past | Tahiti | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | give | past | each of the three chiefesses | birth | a son | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent birth=Theme to son=Recipient | |||
| 3 | sail away | past | Tahiti not said here | then | away property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 4 | establish | to-infinitive | Tahiti not said here | a lasting line of rulers in Tahiti | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent line=Patient | ||||
| 5 | accord | gerund | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 6 | call | past · passive | Tahitian custom | Tahiti nsubj; Raa xcomp | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
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: «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, Project Gutenberg book 66357 (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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