Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Pele and Kaha-wali, sentence 16
Sometimes a narrow piece of matting was fastened over the whole length of the sled, although usually only a small piece was provided for the chest to rest upon.
What happens: fasten, provide, rest · To what, where: narrow piece, whole length, small piece
This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Pele and Kaha-wali. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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 | Sometimes | sometimes | ADV | PronType=Ind | 8 fastened | advmod |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 piece | det |
| 3 | narrow | narrow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 piece | amod |
| 4 | piece | piece | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 fastened | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 matting | case |
| 6 | matting | matting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 piece | nmod |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 fastened | aux:pass |
| 8 | fastened | fasten | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | over | over | ADP | _ | 12 length | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 length | det |
| 11 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 length | amod |
| 12 | length | length | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 fastened | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 sled | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 sled | det |
| 15 | sled | sled | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 length | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 provided | punct |
| 17 | although | although | SCONJ | _ | 24 provided | mark |
| 18 | usually | usually | ADV | _ | 22 piece | advmod |
| 19 | only | only | ADV | _ | 22 piece | advmod |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 piece | det |
| 21 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 piece | amod |
| 22 | piece | piece | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 provided | nsubj |
| 23 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 provided | aux:pass |
| 24 | provided | provide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 fastened | parataxis |
| 25 | for | for | ADP | _ | 27 chest | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 chest | det |
| 27 | chest | chest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 provided | obl |
| 28 | to | to | PART | _ | 29 rest | mark |
| 29 | rest | rest | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 provided | advcl |
| 30 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 29 rest | obl |
| 31 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 fastened | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fasten | past · passive | a narrow piece of matting | the whole length of the sled | sometimes property | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||
| 2 | provide | past · passive | a small piece | for the chest | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for chest=Beneficiary | ||||
| 3 | rest | to-infinitive | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=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 Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Project Gutenberg book 66516 (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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