Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Eight of Oahu, sentence 30

With the coming of morning light they found themselves not far from the old temple, which had been used for ages for most solemn royal ceremonies, a part of which was often the sacrifice of human beings, and here, aided by their gods, they thought to inflict such injuries upon the Maui men as would make their names remembered in the Maui households.

Who acts: fragments · What happens: come, not find, use, be, aid, think · To what, where: fragments, old temple, sacrifice, such injuries, names, Maui households

This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, The Eight of Oahu. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fragments), 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	With	with	ADP	_	6 light	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 light	det
3	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 light	compound
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 morning	case
5	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 coming	obl
6	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 found	obl
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 found	nsubj
8	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	8 found	obj
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 found	advmod
11	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	15 temple	advmod
12	from	from	ADP	_	15 temple	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 temple	det
14	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 temple	amod
15	temple	temple	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 found	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 used	punct
17	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 used	nsubj:pass
18	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 used	aux
19	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	20 used	aux:pass
20	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 temple	acl:relcl
21	for	for	ADP	_	22 ages	case
22	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 used	obl
23	for	for	ADP	_	27 ceremonies	case
24	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	27 ceremonies	amod
25	solemn	solemn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 ceremonies	amod
26	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 ceremonies	amod
27	ceremonies	ceremony	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 used	obl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 part	punct
29	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	30 part	det
30	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 ceremonies	conj
31	of	of	ADP	_	32 which	case
32	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	36 sacrifice	obl
33	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 sacrifice	cop
34	often	often	ADV	_	36 sacrifice	advmod
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 sacrifice	det
36	sacrifice	sacrifice	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 part	nmod
37	of	of	ADP	_	39 beings	case
38	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 beings	amod
39	beings	being	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 sacrifice	nmod
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 here	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 here	cc
42	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	20 used	advmod
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 aided	punct
44	aided	aid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	42 here	conj
45	by	by	ADP	_	47 gods	case
46	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	47 gods	nmod:poss
47	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 aided	obl
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 thought	punct
49	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 thought	nsubj
50	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 found	conj
51	to	to	PART	_	52 inflict	mark
52	inflict	inflict	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	50 thought	xcomp
53	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	54 injuries	amod
54	injuries	injury	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 inflict	obj
55	upon	upon	ADP	_	58 men	case
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 men	det
57	Maui	Maui	PROPN	Number=Sing	58 men	compound
58	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 inflict	obl
59	as	as	SCONJ	_	61 make	mark
60	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	61 make	aux
61	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	52 inflict	advcl
62	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	63 names	nmod:poss
63	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	61 make	obj
64	remembered	remember	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	63 names	acl
65	in	in	ADP	_	68 households	case
66	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	68 households	det
67	Maui	Maui	PROPN	Number=Sing	68 households	compound
68	households	household	NOUN	Number=Plur	64 remembered	obl
69	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 found	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	gerund				morning		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not find	past	fragments = fragment	fragments = fragment	the old temple		with the coming light	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme from temple=Source
3	use	past · perfect · passive		the old temple	here	for ages	for most solemn royal ceremonies and a part	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: subject=Theme for age=Eventuality
4	is a	past		the sacrifice			of a part; of human beings; often property	tree rules
5	aid	participle					by fragments's gods	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
6	think speech: other	past	fragments = fragment					vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
7	inflict	to-infinitive	fragments = fragment not said here	such injuries			upon the Maui men	tree rules
8	make	would	fragments = fragment not said here	fragments's names				vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset name=Product
9	remember	participle		fragments's names not said here	the Maui households			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
10	name		fragments = fragment					nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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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🌲 Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Eight of Oahu, sentence 30

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Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Eight of Oahu, sentence 30