Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Sons of Kii, sentence 173
Where the slopes were sufficiently gradual some of the chiefs chose the slower ride, but took it in a standing position, when the dangers would be intensified, a broken sled being accompanied by broken limbs or a broken neck.
Who acts: slopes, some, broken limbs · What happens: be, choose, take, intensify, break, accompany · To what, where: slower ride, ride, standing position, dangers, broken sled
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 (slopes, some, broken limbs), 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 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 6 gradual | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 slopes | det |
| 3 | slopes | slope | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 gradual | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 gradual | cop |
| 5 | sufficiently | sufficiently | ADV | _ | 6 gradual | advmod |
| 6 | gradual | gradual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 chose | advcl |
| 7 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 11 chose | nsubj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 chiefs | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 chiefs | det |
| 10 | chiefs | chief | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 some | nmod |
| 11 | chose | choose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 ride | det |
| 13 | slower | slow | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 14 ride | amod |
| 14 | ride | ride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 chose | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 took | punct |
| 16 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 17 took | cc |
| 17 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 chose | conj |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 took | obj |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 22 position | case |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 position | det |
| 21 | standing | standing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 position | compound |
| 22 | position | position | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 took | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 intensified | punct |
| 24 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 29 intensified | advmod |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 dangers | det |
| 26 | dangers | danger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 intensified | nsubj:pass |
| 27 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 29 intensified | aux |
| 28 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 29 intensified | aux:pass |
| 29 | intensified | intensify | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 22 position | conj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 accompanied | punct |
| 31 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 33 sled | det |
| 32 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 33 sled | amod |
| 33 | sled | sled | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 accompanied | nsubj:pass |
| 34 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 35 accompanied | aux:pass |
| 35 | accompanied | accompany | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 29 intensified | advcl |
| 36 | by | by | ADP | _ | 38 limbs | case |
| 37 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 38 limbs | amod |
| 38 | limbs | limb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 accompanied | obl |
| 39 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 42 neck | cc |
| 40 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 42 neck | det |
| 41 | broken | broken | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 neck | amod |
| 42 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 limbs | conj |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 chose | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the slopes | gradual, sufficiently property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | choose | past | some of the chiefs | the slower ride | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ride=Theme | ||||
| 3 | take | past | some of the chiefs not said here | ride | a standing position | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Value in position=Location | |||
| 4 | intensify | would · passive | the dangers | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 5 | break | participle | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 6 | accompany | gerund · passive | broken limbs or a broken neck | a broken sled | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ||||
| 7 | break | participle | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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