Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Sons of Kii, sentence 46
Following the king, riding in the same way upon the shoulders of slaves, was Ulu, the king’s son, surrounded also by his chosen chiefs.
Who acts: Ulu · What happens: follow, be, surround, choose · To what, where: son
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 (Ulu), 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 | Following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 king | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 king | det |
| 3 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 son | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 riding | punct |
| 5 | riding | riding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 king | conj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 way | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 way | det |
| 8 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 way | amod |
| 9 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 riding | nmod |
| 10 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 12 shoulders | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 shoulders | det |
| 12 | shoulders | shoulder | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 way | nmod |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 slaves | case |
| 14 | slaves | slave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 shoulders | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 king | punct |
| 16 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 son | cop |
| 17 | Ulu | Ulu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 son | nsubj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 son | punct |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 king | det |
| 20 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 son | nmod:poss |
| 21 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 20 king | case |
| 22 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 surrounded | punct |
| 24 | surrounded | surround | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 22 son | acl |
| 25 | also | also | ADV | _ | 24 surrounded | advmod |
| 26 | by | by | ADP | _ | 29 chiefs | case |
| 27 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 chiefs | nmod:poss |
| 28 | chosen | choose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 29 chiefs | amod |
| 29 | chiefs | chief | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 surrounded | obl:agent |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 22 son | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | is a | past | Ulu | the king's son | follow the king and riding in the same way upon the shoulders of slaves | tree rules | |||
| 3 | surround | participle | the king's son not said here | king's chosen chiefs obl:agent | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | choose | participle | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: 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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