Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Sons of Kii, sentence 82

As he came near the canoe he leaped over the heads of the bearers, landing on the deck by the side of Nanaulu and catching the mast gracefully, steadied himself for a moment and then, throwing his arms around Nanaulu, began the loud Polynesian wailing, with which in sorrow or in joy alike they were accustomed to greet one another.

Who acts: Nanaulu · What happens: come, leap, land, catch, steady, throw · To what, where: canoe, heads, deck, mast, Nanaulu, arms

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 (Nanaulu), 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	As	as	SCONJ	_	3 came	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 leaped	advcl
4	near	near	ADP	_	6 canoe	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 canoe	det
6	canoe	canoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	obl
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 leaped	nsubj
8	leaped	leap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	over	over	ADP	_	11 heads	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 heads	det
11	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 leaped	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 bearers	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 bearers	det
14	bearers	bearer	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 heads	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 landing	punct
16	landing	land	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 leaped	advcl
17	on	on	ADP	_	19 deck	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 deck	det
19	deck	deck	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 landing	obl
20	by	by	ADP	_	22 side	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 side	det
22	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 landing	obl
23	of	of	ADP	_	24 Nanaulu	case
24	Nanaulu	Nanaulu	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 side	nmod
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 catching	cc
26	catching	catch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 landing	conj
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 mast	det
28	mast	mast	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 catching	obj
29	gracefully	gracefully	ADV	_	26 catching	advmod
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 steadied	punct
31	steadied	steady	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 leaped	conj
32	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	31 steadied	obj
33	for	for	ADP	_	35 moment	case
34	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	35 moment	det
35	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 steadied	obl
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 throwing	cc
37	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	39 throwing	advmod
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 throwing	punct
39	throwing	throw	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	31 steadied	conj
40	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	41 arms	nmod:poss
41	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 throwing	obj
42	around	around	ADP	_	43 Nanaulu	case
43	Nanaulu	Nanaulu	PROPN	Number=Sing	39 throwing	obl
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 began	punct
45	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 leaped	conj
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 wailing	det
47	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 wailing	amod
48	Polynesian	polynesian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 wailing	amod
49	wailing	wailing	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 began	obj
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 sorrow	punct
51	with	with	ADP	_	54 sorrow	case
52	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	54 sorrow	nsubj
53	in	in	ADP	_	54 sorrow	case
54	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 began	parataxis
55	or	or	CCONJ	_	57 joy	cc
56	in	in	ADP	_	57 joy	case
57	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 sorrow	conj
58	alike	alike	SCONJ	_	61 accustomed	mark
59	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	61 accustomed	nsubj
60	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	61 accustomed	aux:pass
61	accustomed	accustom	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	45 began	advcl
62	to	to	PART	_	63 greet	mark
63	greet	greet	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	61 accustomed	advcl
64	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	63 greet	obj
65	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	64 one	fixed
66	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 leaped	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	Nanaulu		the canoe			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near canoe=Location
2	leap	past	Nanaulu		the heads of the bearers			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over head=Trajectory
3	land	gerund	Nanaulu not said here		the deck		by the side of Nanaulu	vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on deck=Destination
4	catch	gerund	Nanaulu not said here	the mast			gracefully property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mast=Theme
5	steady	past	Nanaulu not said here	Nanaulu		moment		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent himself=Patient
6	throw	gerund	Nanaulu not said here	Nanaulu's arms	Nanaulu	then		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent arm=Theme around nanaulu=Destination
7	begin	past	Nanaulu not said here	the loud Polynesian wailing			sorrow or joy parataxis	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wailing=Eventuality
8	accustom	past · passive		canoes = canoe				tree rules
9	greet speech: greet	to-infinitive		one				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=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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🌲 Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Sons of Kii, sentence 82

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Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Sons of Kii, sentence 82