Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Sons of Kii, sentence 132

To hang to a wave, cling to its white mane, to have such mastery over it as not to be thrown back to the next wave, was a trial of strength and judgment, and might easily bring the sought-for reward.

What happens: hang, have, not throw back, be, bring, seek · To what, where: such mastery, mastery, next wave, trial, sought reward

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: 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	To	to	PART	_	2 hang	mark
2	hang	hang	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 wave	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 wave	det
5	wave	wave	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hang	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 cling	punct
7	cling	cling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wave	conj
8	to	to	ADP	_	11 mane	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 mane	nmod:poss
10	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 mane	amod
11	mane	mane	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hang	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 have	punct
13	to	to	PART	_	14 have	mark
14	have	have	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 hang	conj
15	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 mastery	amod
16	mastery	mastery	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 have	obj
17	over	over	ADP	_	18 it	case
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 have	obl
19	as	as	SCONJ	_	23 thrown	mark
20	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	23 thrown	advmod
21	to	to	PART	_	23 thrown	mark
22	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	23 thrown	aux:pass
23	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 have	advcl
24	back	back	ADV	_	23 thrown	advmod
25	to	to	ADP	_	28 wave	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 wave	det
27	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 wave	amod
28	wave	wave	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 thrown	obl
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 trial	punct
30	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 trial	cop
31	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	32 trial	det
32	trial	trial	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hang	obl
33	of	of	ADP	_	34 strength	case
34	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 trial	nmod
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 judgment	cc
36	judgment	judgment	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 strength	conj
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 bring	punct
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	41 bring	cc
39	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	41 bring	aux
40	easily	easily	ADV	_	41 bring	advmod
41	bring	bring	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 hang	conj
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 reward	det
43	sought	seek	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	46 reward	amod
44	-	-	PUNCT	_	43 sought	punct
45	for	for	ADP	_	46 reward	case
46	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 bring	obj
47	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hang	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hang	to-infinitive			to a wave and cling; to cling's white mane	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	have	to-infinitive	such mastery	mastery		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mastery=Patient
3	not throw back	to-infinitive · passive		the next wave		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: to wave=Destination
4	is a	past	a trial		of strength and judgment	tree rules
5	bring	might	the sought reward		easily property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent reward=Theme
6	seek	participle				vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 132

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Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Sons of Kii, sentence 132