Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Sons of Kii, sentence 1

Sometime during the fifth or sixth century of the Christian era—according to estimates based on Hawaiian genealogies—two brothers, Ulu and Nanaulu, came to the Hawaiian Islands and established a dynasty of high chiefs.

Who acts: fifth century · What happens: accord, base, come, establish · To what, where: estimates, Hawaiian genealogies, Hawaiian Islands, dynasty

This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, The Sons of Kii. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fifth century), 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	Sometime	sometime	ADV	PronType=Ind	7 century	advmod
2	during	during	ADP	_	7 century	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 century	det
4	fifth	fifth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 century	amod
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 sixth	cc
6	sixth	sixth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 fifth	conj
7	century	century	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 came	nsubj
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 era	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 era	det
10	Christian	Christian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 era	amod
11	era	era	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 century	nmod
12	—	-	PUNCT	_	15 estimates	punct
13	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 estimates	case
14	to	to	ADP	_	13 according	fixed
15	estimates	estimate	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 came	nsubj
16	based	base	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 estimates	acl
17	on	on	ADP	_	19 genealogies	case
18	Hawaiian	hawaiian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 genealogies	amod
19	genealogies	genealogy	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 based	obl
20	—	-	PUNCT	_	22 brothers	punct
21	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	22 brothers	nummod
22	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 genealogies	appos
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 Ulu	punct
24	Ulu	Ulu	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 brothers	appos
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 Nanaulu	cc
26	Nanaulu	Nanaulu	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 Ulu	conj
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 brothers	punct
28	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
29	to	to	ADP	_	32 Islands	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 Islands	det
31	Hawaiian	Hawaiian	PROPN	Number=Sing	32 Islands	compound
32	Islands	Island	PROPN	Number=Plur	28 came	obl
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 established	cc
34	established	establish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 came	conj
35	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	36 dynasty	det
36	dynasty	dynasty	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 established	obj
37	of	of	ADP	_	39 chiefs	case
38	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 chiefs	amod
39	chiefs	chief	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 dynasty	nmod
40	.	.	PUNCT	_	28 came	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	base	participle		estimates not said here	Hawaiian genealogies		vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on genealogy=Source
3	come	past	the fifth century of the Christian era		the Hawaiian Islands	estimates nsubj	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to island=Initial_Location
4	establish	past	the fifth century of the Christian era not said here	a dynasty of high chiefs			vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dynasty=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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🌲 Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Sons of Kii, sentence 1

The tree

Pragmatics

Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Sons of Kii, sentence 1