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Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Eight of Oahu, sentence 62

The spear came unerringly toward the prisoner, but as he saw the polished shaft almost piercing him he twisted to one side and it sank deep into the body of the chief who carried him.

Who acts: spear, captive, shaft, chief · What happens: come, see, polish, pierce, twist, sink · To what, where: prisoner, polished shaft, captive, one side, body

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 (spear, captive, shaft, chief), 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

detnsubjadvmodcasedetoblpunctccmarknsubjconjdetamodobjadvmodadvclobjnsubjparataxiscasenummodoblccnsubjconjadvmodcasedetoblcasedetnmodnsubjacl:relclobjpunctrootTheDETspearNOUNcameVERBunerringlyADVtowardADPtheDETprisonerNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJasSCONJhePRONsawVERBtheDETpolishedVERBshaftNOUNalmostADVpiercingVERBhimPRONhePRONtwistedVERBtoADPoneNUMsideNOUNandCCONJitPRONsankVERBdeepADVintoADPtheDETbodyNOUNofADPtheDETchiefNOUNwhoPRONcarriedVERBhimPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 speardet
2spearspearNOUNNumber=Sing3 camensubj
3camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4unerringlyunerringlyADV_3 cameadvmod
5towardtowardADP_7 prisonercase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 prisonerdet
7prisonerprisonerNOUNNumber=Sing3 cameobl
8,,PUNCT_12 sawpunct
9butbutCCONJ_12 sawcc
10asasSCONJ_12 sawmark
11hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs12 sawnsubj
12sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 cameconj
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 shaftdet
14polishedpolishVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass15 shaftamod
15shaftshaftNOUNNumber=Sing12 sawobj
16almostalmostADV_17 piercingadvmod
17piercingpierceVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part20 twistedadvcl
18himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs17 piercingobj
19hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs20 twistednsubj
20twistedtwistVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 sawparataxis
21totoADP_23 sidecase
22oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card23 sidenummod
23sidesideNOUNNumber=Sing20 twistedobl
24andandCCONJ_26 sankcc
25ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs26 sanknsubj
26sanksinkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin20 twistedconj
27deepdeepADV_26 sankadvmod
28intointoADP_30 bodycase
29thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art30 bodydet
30bodybodyNOUNNumber=Sing26 sankobl
31ofofADP_33 chiefcase
32thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art33 chiefdet
33chiefchiefNOUNNumber=Sing30 bodynmod
34whowhoPRONPronType=Rel35 carriednsubj
35carriedcarryVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin33 chiefacl:relcl
36himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs35 carriedobj
37..PUNCT_3 camepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1comepastthe spearthe prisonerunerringly propertyvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme toward prisoner=Initial_Location
2seepastcaptivethe polished shaftvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shaft=Stimulus
3polishparticiplevn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent
4piercegerundcaptive not said herecaptivealmost propertyvn poke-19-1 «NP V NP PP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Instrument
5twistpastcaptiveone sidevn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to side=Trajectory
6sinkpastshaftthe body of the chiefdeep propertyvn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
7carrypastthe chiefcaptivevn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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: «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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