Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Sons of Kii, sentence 5

It has been suggested that Ulu remained in the southern islands and that Nanaulu alone found his way to Hawaii; but the frequent use of the name Ulu in the genealogies of the chiefs of the two large islands, Hawaii and Maui, would support the position taken in the story that follows—that the brothers, sailing together, found Hawaii.

Who acts: Ulu, Nanaulu, story, brothers · What happens: suggest, remain, find, support, take, follow · To what, where: place, southern islands, way, position, story, Hawaii · 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 (Ulu, Nanaulu, story, brothers), 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 suggested	nsubj:pass
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 suggested	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 suggested	aux:pass
4	suggested	suggest	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 remained	mark
6	Ulu	Ulu	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 remained	nsubj
7	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 suggested	ccomp
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 islands	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 islands	det
10	southern	southern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 islands	amod
11	islands	island	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 remained	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 found	cc
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 found	mark
14	Nanaulu	Nanaulu	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 found	nsubj
15	alone	alone	ADV	_	14 Nanaulu	advmod
16	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 remained	conj
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 way	nmod:poss
18	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 found	obj
19	to	to	ADP	_	20 Hawaii	case
20	Hawaii	Hawaii	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 way	nmod
21	;	;	PUNCT	_	25 use	punct
22	but	but	CCONJ	_	25 use	cc
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 use	det
24	frequent	frequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 use	amod
25	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 suggested	advcl
26	of	of	ADP	_	28 name	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 name	det
28	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 use	nmod
29	Ulu	Ulu	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 name	appos
30	in	in	ADP	_	32 genealogies	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 genealogies	det
32	genealogies	genealogy	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 name	nmod
33	of	of	ADP	_	35 chiefs	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 chiefs	det
35	chiefs	chief	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 genealogies	nmod
36	of	of	ADP	_	40 islands	case
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 islands	det
38	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	40 islands	nummod
39	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 islands	amod
40	islands	island	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 chiefs	nmod
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 Hawaii	punct
42	Hawaii	Hawaii	PROPN	Number=Sing	40 islands	appos
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 Maui	cc
44	Maui	Maui	PROPN	Number=Sing	42 Hawaii	conj
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 support	punct
46	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	47 support	aux
47	support	support	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	25 use	parataxis
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 position	det
49	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 support	obj
50	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	49 position	acl
51	in	in	ADP	_	53 story	case
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 story	det
53	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 taken	obl
54	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	55 follows	nsubj
55	follows	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	53 story	acl:relcl
56	—	-	PUNCT	_	59 brothers	punct
57	that	that	SCONJ	_	59 brothers	mark
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 brothers	det
59	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	64 found	nsubj
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 sailing	punct
61	sailing	sail	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	59 brothers	conj
62	together	together	ADV	_	61 sailing	advmod
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 found	punct
64	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 suggested	parataxis
65	Hawaii	Hawaii	PROPN	Number=Sing	64 found	obj
66	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 suggested	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	suggest speech: suggest	present · perfect · passive		place		the frequent use of the name in the genealogies of the chiefs of the two large islands advcl	tree rules
2	remain	past	Ulu		the southern islands		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in island=Location
3	find	past	Nanaulu	Nanaulu's way		to Hawaii	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic
4	support	would		the position			vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer position=Stimulus
5	take	participle		the position not said here	the story		vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in story=Location
6	follow	present	the story				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	sail	gerund	the brothers not said here			together property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
8	find	past	the brothers	Hawaii			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hawaii=Topic
9	use			the name in the genealogies of the chiefs of the two large islands			nom use «act transitive»: of=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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🌲 Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Sons of Kii, sentence 5

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Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Sons of Kii, sentence 5