Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Law of the Splintered Paddle, sentence 138
But some of the chiefs went out and instead of bringing the wounded man into the council took him and twisted the spear-point, pulling it back and forth, until he died.
Who acts: some, council, man · What happens: go out, bring, take, twist, pull, die · To what, where: wounded man, man, spear point, council
This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, The Law of the Splintered Paddle. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (some, council, man), 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 | _ | 6 went | cc |
| 2 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 went | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 chiefs | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 chiefs | det |
| 5 | chiefs | chief | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 some | nmod |
| 6 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | out | out | ADV | _ | 6 went | advmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 bringing | cc |
| 9 | instead | instead | ADV | ExtPos=SCONJ | 11 bringing | mark |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 instead | fixed |
| 11 | bringing | bring | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 went | conj |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 man | det |
| 13 | wounded | wounded | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 man | amod |
| 14 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 bringing | obj |
| 15 | into | into | SCONJ | _ | 18 took | mark |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 council | det |
| 17 | council | council | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 took | nsubj |
| 18 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 bringing | advcl |
| 19 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 took | obj |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 twisted | cc |
| 21 | twisted | twist | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 took | conj |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 point | det |
| 23 | spear | spear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 point | compound |
| 24 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 23 spear | punct |
| 25 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 twisted | obj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 pulling | punct |
| 27 | pulling | pull | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 21 twisted | advcl |
| 28 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 pulling | obj |
| 29 | back | back | ADV | _ | 27 pulling | advmod |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 forth | cc |
| 31 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 29 back | conj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 died | punct |
| 33 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 35 died | mark |
| 34 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 died | nsubj |
| 35 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 twisted | conj |
| 36 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go out | past | some of the chiefs | out property | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | bring | gerund | some of the chiefs not said here | the wounded man | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument man=Destination | ||||
| 3 | take | past | the council | man | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | ||||
| 4 | twist | past | the council not said here | the spear point | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent point=Theme | ||||
| 5 | pull | gerund | the council not said here | council | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 6 | die | past | man | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
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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