Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Sons of Kii, sentence 161

The riders of shorter sleds would grasp the sticks along the edges, using them as handles, raise the sled and run along the brow of the hill, giving the sled a hard push down the declivity as they threw themselves flat on the narrow board.

Who acts: riders, sticks · What happens: grasp, use, raise, run, give, throw · To what, where: sticks, sled, brow, narrow board

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 (riders, sticks), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 riders	det
2	riders	rider	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 grasp	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 sleds	case
4	shorter	short	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 sleds	amod
5	sleds	sled	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 riders	nmod
6	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 grasp	aux
7	grasp	grasp	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sticks	det
9	sticks	stick	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 grasp	obj
10	along	along	ADP	_	12 edges	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 edges	det
12	edges	edge	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 grasp	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 using	punct
14	using	use	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 grasp	advcl
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 using	obj
16	as	as	ADP	_	17 handles	case
17	handles	handle	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 using	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 raise	punct
19	raise	raise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 grasp	conj
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 sled	det
21	sled	sled	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 raise	obj
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 run	cc
23	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 raise	conj
24	along	along	ADP	_	26 brow	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 brow	det
26	brow	brow	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 run	obl
27	of	of	ADP	_	29 hill	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 hill	det
29	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 brow	nmod
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 giving	punct
31	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	23 run	advcl
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 sled	det
33	sled	sled	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 giving	obj
34	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	36 push	det
35	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 push	amod
36	push	push	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 giving	obj
37	down	down	ADP	_	39 declivity	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 declivity	det
39	declivity	declivity	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 giving	obl
40	as	as	SCONJ	_	42 threw	mark
41	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 threw	nsubj
42	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 giving	advcl
43	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	42 threw	obj
44	flat	flat	ADV	_	42 threw	advmod
45	on	on	ADP	_	48 board	case
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 board	det
47	narrow	narrow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 board	amod
48	board	board	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 threw	obl
49	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 grasp	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	grasp	would	the riders of shorter sleds	the sticks		along the edges	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stick=Stimulus
2	use	gerund	the riders of shorter sleds not said here	sticks = stick		as handles	vn spend_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent they=Duration as handle=Attribute
3	raise	infinitive	the riders of shorter sleds not said here	the sled			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sled=Theme
4	run	infinitive	the riders of shorter sleds not said here		the brow of the hill		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along brow=Trajectory
5	give	gerund	the riders of shorter sleds not said here	the sled		down the declivity; a hard push obj	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent sled=Recipient push=Theme
6	throw	past	sticks = stick	sticks = stick	the narrow board	flat property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme on board=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 161

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Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Sons of Kii, sentence 161