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Hawaiian Historical Legends, Maui the Polynesian, sentence 34

Again he hoisted the sky and carried it to the tops of the mountains; then, with great exertion, he thrust it up to the place it now occupies.

Who acts: Maui, draught · What happens: hoist, carry, thrust, occupy · To what, where: sky, draught, tops, place

This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, Maui the Polynesian. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Maui, draught), 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

advmodnsubjdetobjccconjobjcasedetoblcasedetnmodpunctadvmodpunctcaseamodoblpunctnsubjconjnsubjcompoundcasedetnmodnsubjadvmodacl:relclpunctrootAgainADVhePRONhoistedVERBtheDETskyNOUNandCCONJcarriedVERBitPRONtoADPtheDETtopsNOUNofADPtheDETmountainsNOUN;PUNCTthenADV,PUNCTwithADPgreatADJexertionNOUN,PUNCThePRONthrustNOUNitPRONupADPtoADPtheDETplaceNOUNitPRONnowADVoccupiesVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AgainagainADV_3 hoistedadvmod
2hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 hoistednsubj
3hoistedhoistVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 skydet
5skyskyNOUNNumber=Sing3 hoistedobj
6andandCCONJ_7 carriedcc
7carriedcarryVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 hoistedconj
8ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 carriedobj
9totoADP_11 topscase
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 topsdet
11topstopNOUNNumber=Plur7 carriedobl
12ofofADP_14 mountainscase
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 mountainsdet
14mountainsmountainNOUNNumber=Plur11 topsnmod
15;;PUNCT_20 exertionpunct
16thenthenADVPronType=Dem20 exertionadvmod
17,,PUNCT_20 exertionpunct
18withwithADP_20 exertioncase
19greatgreatADJDegree=Pos20 exertionamod
20exertionexertionNOUNNumber=Sing3 hoistedobl
21,,PUNCT_23 thrustpunct
22hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs23 thrustnsubj
23thrustthrustNOUNNumber=Sing20 exertionconj
24ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs23 thrustnsubj
25upupADP_23 thrustcompound
26totoADP_28 placecase
27thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art28 placedet
28placeplaceNOUNNumber=Sing20 exertionnmod
29ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs31 occupiesnsubj
30nownowADVPronType=Dem31 occupiesadvmod
31occupiesoccupyVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin28 placeacl:relcl
32..PUNCT_3 hoistedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1hoistpastMauithe skyagainwith great exertion to the place and thrustvn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sky=Theme
2carrypastMaui not said heredraughtthe tops of the mountainsvn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to top=Destination
3thrustMauidraught nsubjtree rules
4occupypresentdraughtthe place not said herenowvn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus place=Experiencer

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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