Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Sons of Kii, sentence 192
Those accomplishing the entire feat would not be required to stand further trial in order to secure the coveted membership in the expedition.
What happens: accomplish, feat, not require, stand, secure, covet · To what, where: entire feat, trial, coveted membership, expedition
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 | Those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 5 feat | det |
| 2 | accomplishing | accomplish | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 feat | nsubj |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 feat | det |
| 4 | entire | entire | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 feat | amod |
| 5 | feat | feat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 required | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 required | aux |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 required | advmod |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 required | aux:pass |
| 9 | required | require | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 stand | mark |
| 11 | stand | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 required | xcomp |
| 12 | further | far | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 13 trial | advmod |
| 13 | trial | trial | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 stand | obl |
| 14 | in | in | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 17 secure | mark |
| 15 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 in | fixed |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 secure | mark |
| 17 | secure | secure | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 stand | advcl |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 membership | det |
| 19 | coveted | covet | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 membership | amod |
| 20 | membership | membership | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 secure | obj |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 expedition | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 expedition | det |
| 23 | expedition | expedition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 secure | obl |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 required | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accomplish | gerund | vn complete-55.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | feat | tree rules | |||||||
| 3 | not require | would · passive | that entire feat | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | stand | to-infinitive | trial | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | secure | to-infinitive | the coveted membership | the expedition | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition membership=Theme | ||||
| 6 | covet | participle | vn want-32.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
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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