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Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Water of Life [1], sentence 3

She dwelt in one of the mysterious islands mentioned in the Hawaiian chants as Kua-i-Helani, “the Far-away Helani,” lying in the ancient far western home of the Polynesians.

Who acts: Dragon · What happens: dwell, mention, lie · To what, where: mysterious islands, Hawaiian chants, ancient far western home

This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, The Water of Life [1]. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Dragon), 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

nsubjcaseoblcasedetamodnmodaclcasedetamodoblcaseoblpunctnsubjpunctconjpunctpunctdetnsubjpunctadvmodvocativepunctpunctadvclcasedetamodamodamodoblcasedetnmodpunctrootShePRONdweltVERBinADPoneNUMofADPtheDETmysteriousADJislandsNOUNmentionedVERBinADPtheDETHawaiianADJchantsNOUNasADPKuaPROPN-PUNCTiPRON-PUNCTHelaniPROPN,PUNCT“PUNCTtheDETFarADJ-PUNCTawayADVHelaniPROPN,PUNCT”PUNCTlyingVERBinADPtheDETancientADJfarADJwesternADJhomeNOUNofADPtheDETPolynesiansPROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 dweltnsubj
2dweltdwellVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3ininADP_4 onecase
4oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card2 dweltobl
5ofofADP_8 islandscase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 islandsdet
7mysteriousmysteriousADJDegree=Pos8 islandsamod
8islandsislandNOUNNumber=Plur4 onenmod
9mentionedmentionVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass8 islandsacl
10ininADP_13 chantscase
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 chantsdet
12HawaiianhawaiianADJDegree=Pos13 chantsamod
13chantschantNOUNNumber=Plur9 mentionedobl
14asasADP_15 Kuacase
15KuaKuaPROPNNumber=Sing9 mentionedobl
16--PUNCT_19 Helanipunct
17iIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs19 Helaninsubj
18--PUNCT_19 Helanipunct
19HelaniHelaniPROPNNumber=Sing15 Kuaconj
20,,PUNCT_25 awaypunct
21“"PUNCT_25 awaypunct
22thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art23 Fardet
23FarFarADJDegree=Pos25 awaynsubj
24--PUNCT_25 awaypunct
25awayawayADV_2 dweltadvmod
26HelaniHelaniPROPNNumber=Sing25 awayvocative
27,,PUNCT_26 Helanipunct
28”"PUNCT_2 dweltpunct
29lyinglieVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part2 dweltadvcl
30ininADP_35 homecase
31thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art35 homedet
32ancientancientADJDegree=Pos35 homeamod
33farfarADJDegree=Pos35 homeamod
34westernwesternADJDegree=Pos35 homeamod
35homehomeNOUNNumber=Sing29 lyingobl
36ofofADP_38 Polynesianscase
37thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art38 Polynesiansdet
38PolynesiansPolynesianPROPNNumber=Plur35 homenmod
39..PUNCT_2 dweltpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1dwellpastDragonin one of the mysterious islands; away propertyvn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in one=Location
2mention speech: otherparticiplethe mysterious islands not said herethe Hawaiian chantsas Kua and Helani ivn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3liegerundDragon not said herethe ancient far western home of the Polynesiansvn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in home=Location

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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