Hawaiian Historical Legends, Moi-keha, the Restless, sentence 16
For some reason the brothers took with them a young chief of high position, whose ancestor, Pau-makua, had made renowned voyages to far-off lands.
Who acts: brothers · What happens: take, make · To what, where: young chief, renowned voyages
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 (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 | For | for | ADP | _ | 3 reason | case |
| 2 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 reason | det |
| 3 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 took | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 brothers | det |
| 5 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 took | nsubj |
| 6 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 them | case |
| 8 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 took | obl |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 chief | det |
| 10 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 chief | amod |
| 11 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 took | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 position | case |
| 13 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 position | amod |
| 14 | position | position | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 chief | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 ancestor | punct |
| 16 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 17 ancestor | nmod:poss |
| 17 | ancestor | ancestor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 position | appos |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 makua | punct |
| 19 | Pau | Pau | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 makua | compound |
| 20 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 19 Pau | punct |
| 21 | makua | makua | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 ancestor | appos |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 made | punct |
| 23 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 made | aux |
| 24 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 took | parataxis |
| 25 | renowned | renowned | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 voyages | amod |
| 26 | voyages | voyage | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 made | obj |
| 27 | to | to | ADP | _ | 31 lands | case |
| 28 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 31 lands | advmod |
| 29 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 28 far | punct |
| 30 | off | off | ADP | _ | 31 lands | compound |
| 31 | lands | land | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 made | obl |
| 32 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 took | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | the brothers | a young chief of high position | for some reason; with retainers = retainer | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent chief=Theme for reason=Beneficiary | |||
| 2 | make | past · perfect | renowned voyages | to off lands | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset voyage=Product |
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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