Hawaiian Historical Legends, Moi-keha, the Restless, sentence 14
If the Romans believed that an ocean of thick mist, peopled with all imaginable terrors lay to the north of Europe, we can well accept the fact that strange fascinations and the hope of marvellous adventures in the South Pacific might stir the restless minds of young Hawaiian chiefs.
Who acts: Romans, imaginable terrors, we, strange fascinations, marvellous adventures · What happens: believe, people, lay, accept, stir, hope · To what, where: ocean, thick mist, fact, restless minds, young Hawaiian chiefs
This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, Moi-keha, the Restless. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Romans, imaginable terrors, we, strange fascinations), 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 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 believed | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Romans | det |
| 3 | Romans | Roman | PROPN | Number=Plur | 4 believed | nsubj |
| 4 | believed | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 accept | advcl |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 ocean | mark |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 ocean | det |
| 7 | ocean | ocean | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 believed | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 mist | case |
| 9 | thick | thick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 mist | amod |
| 10 | mist | mist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ocean | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 peopled | punct |
| 12 | peopled | people | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 mist | acl |
| 13 | with | with | SCONJ | _ | 17 lay | mark |
| 14 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 16 terrors | det |
| 15 | imaginable | imaginable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 terrors | amod |
| 16 | terrors | terror | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 lay | nsubj |
| 17 | lay | lay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 peopled | advcl |
| 18 | to | to | ADP | _ | 20 north | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 north | det |
| 20 | north | north | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 lay | obl |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 Europe | case |
| 22 | Europe | Europe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 north | nmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 believed | punct |
| 24 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 27 accept | nsubj |
| 25 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 27 accept | aux |
| 26 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 27 accept | advmod |
| 27 | accept | accept | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 fact | det |
| 29 | fact | fact | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 accept | obj |
| 30 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 44 stir | mark |
| 31 | strange | strange | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 fascinations | amod |
| 32 | fascinations | fascination | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 stir | nsubj |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 hope | cc |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 hope | det |
| 35 | hope | hope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 fascinations | conj |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 adventures | case |
| 37 | marvellous | marvellous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 adventures | amod |
| 38 | adventures | adventure | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 hope | nmod |
| 39 | in | in | ADP | _ | 42 Pacific | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 Pacific | det |
| 41 | South | South | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 Pacific | compound |
| 42 | Pacific | Pacific | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 adventures | nmod |
| 43 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 44 stir | aux |
| 44 | stir | stir | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 fact | acl |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 minds | det |
| 46 | restless | restless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 minds | amod |
| 47 | minds | mind | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 stir | obj |
| 48 | of | of | ADP | _ | 51 chiefs | case |
| 49 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 chiefs | amod |
| 50 | Hawaiian | hawaiian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 chiefs | amod |
| 51 | chiefs | chief | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 minds | nmod |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 27 accept | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe a condition, not said to happen | past | the Romans | a ocean of thick mist | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ocean=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | people | participle | thick mist not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | lay | present | all imaginable terrors | to the north of Europe | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | accept | can | we | the fact | well property | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fact=Theme | |||
| 5 | stir | might | strange fascinations and the hope of marvellous adventures in the South Pacific | the restless minds of young Hawaiian chiefs | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus mind=Experiencer | ||||
| 6 | hope | marvellous adventures in the South Pacific | nom hope «feeling intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 7 | mind | young Hawaiian chiefs | nom mind «cognition 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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