Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Sons of Kii, sentence 48
“O King,” he said, “Nanaulu, the high chief, your son, has heard of the boat of Ulu and your purpose of sending Ulu upon a mysterious mission.
Who acts: king, purpose, your · What happens: say, hear, send, purpose · To what, where: Nanaulu, Ulu · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (king, purpose, your), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 said | punct |
| 2 | O | of | ADP | Abbr=Yes | 3 King | case |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 said | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 King | punct |
| 5 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 King | punct |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 said | nsubj |
| 7 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 Nanaulu | punct |
| 9 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 Nanaulu | punct |
| 10 | Nanaulu | Nanaulu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 heard | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 chief | punct |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 chief | det |
| 13 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 chief | amod |
| 14 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 Nanaulu | appos |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 son | punct |
| 16 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 son | nmod:poss |
| 17 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 chief | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 Nanaulu | punct |
| 19 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 heard | aux |
| 20 | heard | hear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 said | ccomp |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 boat | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 boat | det |
| 23 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 heard | obl |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 Ulu | case |
| 25 | Ulu | Ulu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 boat | nmod |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 purpose | cc |
| 27 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 purpose | nmod:poss |
| 28 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 Ulu | conj |
| 29 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 30 sending | mark |
| 30 | sending | send | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 28 purpose | acl |
| 31 | Ulu | Ulu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 sending | obj |
| 32 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 35 mission | case |
| 33 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 35 mission | det |
| 34 | mysterious | mysterious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 mission | amod |
| 35 | mission | mission | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 sending | obl |
| 36 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | king | of King | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | hear in a quote | present · perfect · passive | Nanaulu | of the boat of Ulu and your purpose | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | send in a quote | gerund | your purpose not said here | Ulu | upon a mysterious mission | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ulu=Theme | |||
| 4 | purpose in a quote | your | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: poss=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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