Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Alapa Regiment, sentence 74
The chiefs who were the boon companions of the royal family, who had the privilege of eating around the royal poi-bowls, were separated into two regiments: the Alapa—“the slender”—and Piipii—“the furious.”
Who acts: chiefs, boon companions, privilege · What happens: be, have, eat, separate · To what, where: boon companions, privilege, royal poi bowls, two regiments
This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, The Alapa Regiment. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (chiefs, boon companions, privilege), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 chiefs | det |
| 2 | chiefs | chief | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 companions | nsubj |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 companions | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 companions | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 companions | det |
| 6 | boon | boon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 companions | compound |
| 7 | companions | companion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 separated | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 family | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 family | det |
| 10 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 family | amod |
| 11 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 companions | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 had | punct |
| 13 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 had | nsubj |
| 14 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 companions | parataxis |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 privilege | det |
| 16 | privilege | privilege | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 had | obj |
| 17 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 18 eating | mark |
| 18 | eating | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 16 privilege | acl |
| 19 | around | around | ADP | _ | 24 bowls | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 bowls | det |
| 21 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 bowls | amod |
| 22 | poi | poi | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 bowls | compound |
| 23 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 22 poi | punct |
| 24 | bowls | bowl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 eating | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 had | punct |
| 26 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 separated | aux:pass |
| 27 | separated | separate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 28 | into | into | ADP | _ | 30 regiments | case |
| 29 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 30 regiments | nummod |
| 30 | regiments | regiment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 separated | obl |
| 31 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 33 Alapa | punct |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 Alapa | det |
| 33 | Alapa | Alapa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 regiments | nmod |
| 34 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 27 separated | punct |
| 35 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 37 slender | punct |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 slender | det |
| 37 | slender | slender | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 separated | parataxis |
| 38 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 37 slender | punct |
| 39 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 41 Piipii | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 Piipii | cc |
| 41 | Piipii | Piipii | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 separated | obl |
| 42 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 45 furious | punct |
| 43 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 45 furious | punct |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 furious | det |
| 45 | furious | furious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 Piipii | appos |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 45 furious | punct |
| 47 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 45 furious | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the chiefs | the boon companions | of the royal family; who nsubj | tree rules | |||
| 2 | have | past | the boon companions | the privilege | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent privilege=Patient | ||||
| 3 | eat | gerund | the privilege not said here | the royal poi bowls | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | separate | past · passive | the boon companions | two regiments the Alapa | Piipii obl | 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: «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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