Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Sons of Kii, sentence 60
“It is his wish that Ulu, his son, should sail toward the west and should find the land of our fathers, He will have many companions, but these will be selected from only the most worthy.
Who acts: herald, wish, Kii · What happens: be, sail, find, have, select · To what, where: wish, west, land, many companions, these
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 (herald, wish, Kii), 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 | _ | 13 sail | punct |
| 2 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 wish | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 wish | cop |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 wish | nmod:poss |
| 5 | wish | wish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 sail | nsubj |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 Ulu | mark |
| 7 | Ulu | Ulu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 wish | appos |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 son | punct |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 son | nmod:poss |
| 10 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wish | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 wish | punct |
| 12 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 sail | aux |
| 13 | sail | sail | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 14 | toward | toward | ADP | _ | 16 west | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 west | det |
| 16 | west | west | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 sail | obl |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 find | cc |
| 18 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 find | aux |
| 19 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 sail | conj |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 land | det |
| 21 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 find | obj |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 fathers | case |
| 23 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 fathers | nmod:poss |
| 24 | fathers | father | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 land | nmod |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 have | punct |
| 26 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 have | nsubj |
| 27 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 28 have | aux |
| 28 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 sail | conj |
| 29 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 companions | amod |
| 30 | companions | companion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 have | obj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 selected | punct |
| 32 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 36 selected | cc |
| 33 | these | this | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 36 selected | nsubj:pass |
| 34 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 36 selected | aux |
| 35 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 36 selected | aux:pass |
| 36 | selected | select | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 sail | conj |
| 37 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 41 worthy | mark |
| 38 | only | only | ADV | _ | 41 worthy | advmod |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 worthy | det |
| 40 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 41 worthy | advmod |
| 41 | worthy | worthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 selected | advcl |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 sail | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | herald | Kii's wish and Kii's son | Kii nmod:poss; Ulu appos; Kii's son conj | tree rules | |||
| 2 | sail in a quote | should | Kii's wish and Kii's son | the west | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent toward west=Trajectory | ||||
| 3 | find in a quote | should | Kii's wish and Kii's son not said here | the land of our fathers | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Topic | ||||
| 4 | have in a quote | future | Kii | many companions | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent companion=Patient | ||||
| 5 | select in a quote | future · passive | these | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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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