Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Sons of Kii, sentence 12

As the two young chiefs drew near they saw a small company of solemn, dignified men, evidently of high rank, emerge from the door of a large grass house and march slowly to the side of the long boat.

Who acts: two young chiefs, chiefs, you · What happens: draw, see, emerge · To what, where: small company, door

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 (two young chiefs, chiefs, you), 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	As	as	SCONJ	_	6 drew	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 chiefs	det
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 chiefs	nummod
4	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 chiefs	amod
5	chiefs	chief	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 drew	nsubj
6	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 emerge	advcl
7	near	near	ADP	_	9 saw	mark
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 saw	nsubj
9	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 drew	ccomp
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 company	det
11	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 company	amod
12	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 saw	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	17 men	case
14	solemn	solemn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 men	amod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 solemn	punct
16	dignified	dignified	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 men	amod
17	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 company	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 emerge	punct
19	evidently	evidently	ADV	_	24 emerge	advmod
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 rank	case
21	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 rank	amod
22	rank	rank	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 emerge	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 rank	punct
24	emerge	emerge	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
25	from	from	ADP	_	27 door	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 door	det
27	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 emerge	obl
28	of	of	ADP	_	32 house	case
29	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	32 house	det
30	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 house	amod
31	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 house	compound
32	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 door	nmod
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 march	cc
34	march	march	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 house	conj
35	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	38 side	advmod
36	to	to	ADP	_	38 side	case
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 side	det
38	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 emerge	obl
39	of	of	ADP	_	42 boat	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 boat	det
41	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 boat	amod
42	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 side	nmod
43	.	.	PUNCT	_	24 emerge	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	draw	past	the two young chiefs				tree rules
2	see	past	chiefs = chief	a small company of solemn dignified men			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer company=Stimulus
3	emerge	imperative	you not said here		the door of a large grass house and march	of high rank; to the side of the long boat; evidently property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme of rank=Initial_Location from door=Destination

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 12

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Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Sons of Kii, sentence 12