Hawaiian Historical Legends, Last of the Tabu, sentence 62
Kee-au-moku, the queen’s brother, broke the tabu staff of the priests, and Hewa-hewa, the high priest, later gave his influence not only toward the suppression of the tabus, but also toward the destruction of the idols and their temples.
Who acts: Kee au, Hewa hewa · What happens: break, give, suppress, destroy · To what, where: tabu staff, influence, tabus, idols
This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, Last of the Tabu. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Kee au, Hewa hewa), 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 | Kee | Kee | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 au | compound |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Kee | punct |
| 3 | au | au | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 broke | nsubj |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 moku | punct |
| 5 | moku | moku | X | Foreign=Yes | 3 au | appos |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 brother | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 queen | det |
| 8 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 brother | nmod:poss |
| 9 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 8 queen | case |
| 10 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 moku | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 au | punct |
| 12 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 staff | det |
| 14 | tabu | tabu | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 staff | compound |
| 15 | staff | staff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 broke | obj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 priests | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 priests | det |
| 18 | priests | priest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 staff | nmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 gave | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 gave | cc |
| 21 | Hewa | Hewa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 hewa | compound |
| 22 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 21 Hewa | punct |
| 23 | hewa | hewa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 gave | nsubj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 priest | punct |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 priest | det |
| 26 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 priest | amod |
| 27 | priest | priest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 hewa | appos |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 gave | punct |
| 29 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 30 gave | advmod |
| 30 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 broke | conj |
| 31 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 influence | nmod:poss |
| 32 | influence | influence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 gave | obj |
| 33 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 37 suppression | advmod |
| 34 | only | only | ADV | _ | 37 suppression | advmod |
| 35 | toward | toward | ADP | _ | 37 suppression | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 suppression | det |
| 37 | suppression | suppression | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 gave | obj |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 tabus | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 tabus | det |
| 40 | tabus | tabus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 suppression | nmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 destruction | punct |
| 42 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 46 destruction | cc |
| 43 | also | also | ADV | _ | 46 destruction | advmod |
| 44 | toward | toward | ADP | _ | 46 destruction | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 destruction | det |
| 46 | destruction | destruction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 broke | obl |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 idols | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 idols | det |
| 49 | idols | idol | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 destruction | nmod |
| 50 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 52 temples | cc |
| 51 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 52 temples | nmod:poss |
| 52 | temples | temple | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 idols | conj |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 broke | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | past | Kee au | the tabu staff of the priests | toward the destruction of the idols and idols's temples | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer staff=Patient | |||
| 2 | give | past | Hewa hewa | hewa's influence | the suppression of the tabus obj; late property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent influence=Recipient suppression=Theme | |||
| 3 | suppress | the tabus | nom suppression «process transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 4 | destroy | the idols and idols's temples | nom destruction «act transitive»: of=patient |
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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