Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Pele and Kaha-wali, sentence 79

The hog was caught by Pele in a few moments and changed into a great black stone in the heart of the channel and left, as the centre of the river of fire flowed on to destroy the two fleeing chiefs.—Rocks scattered along the banks of this old channel are pointed out as the individuals and the remnants of houses destroyed by Pele.

Who acts: Pele · What happens: catch, change, leave, flow on, destroy, flee · To what, where: hog, great black stone, river, two fleeing chiefs, Rocks, banks

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: who acts (Pele), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hog	det
2	hog	hog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 caught	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 caught	aux:pass
4	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 Pele	case
6	Pele	Pele	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 caught	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 moments	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 moments	det
9	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 moments	amod
10	moments	moment	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 caught	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 changed	cc
12	changed	change	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 caught	conj
13	into	into	ADP	_	17 stone	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 stone	det
15	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 stone	amod
16	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 stone	amod
17	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 changed	obl
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 heart	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 heart	det
20	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 changed	obl
21	of	of	ADP	_	23 channel	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 channel	det
23	channel	channel	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 heart	nmod
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 left	cc
25	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 caught	conj
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 centre	punct
27	as	as	ADP	_	29 centre	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 centre	det
29	centre	centre	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 left	obl
30	of	of	ADP	_	32 river	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 river	det
32	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 centre	nmod
33	of	of	ADP	_	34 fire	case
34	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 river	nmod
35	flowed	flow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	32 river	acl
36	on	on	ADP	_	35 flowed	compound:prt
37	to	to	PART	_	38 destroy	mark
38	destroy	destroy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	35 flowed	advcl
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 chiefs	det
40	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	42 chiefs	nummod
41	fleeing	flee	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	42 chiefs	amod
42	chiefs	chief	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 destroy	obj
43	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 caught	punct
44	—	-	PUNCT	_	45 Rocks	punct
45	Rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 pointed	nsubj:pass
46	scattered	scatter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	45 Rocks	acl
47	along	along	ADP	_	49 banks	case
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 banks	det
49	banks	bank	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 scattered	obl
50	of	of	ADP	_	53 channel	case
51	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	53 channel	det
52	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 channel	amod
53	channel	channel	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 banks	nmod
54	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	55 pointed	aux:pass
55	pointed	point	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 caught	parataxis
56	out	out	ADP	_	55 pointed	compound:prt
57	as	as	ADP	_	59 individuals	case
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 individuals	det
59	individuals	individual	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 pointed	obl
60	and	and	CCONJ	_	62 remnants	cc
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 remnants	det
62	remnants	remnant	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 individuals	conj
63	of	of	ADP	_	64 houses	case
64	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	62 remnants	nmod
65	destroyed	destroy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	64 houses	acl
66	by	by	ADP	_	67 Pele	case
67	Pele	Pele	PROPN	Number=Sing	65 destroyed	obl:agent
68	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 caught	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past · passive	Pele	the hog		moment		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	change	participle	Pele not said here				into a great black stone result; in the heart of the channel	vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into stone=Result
3	leave	past	Pele not said here				as the centre of the river of fire	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	flow on	participle		the river of fire not said here				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	destroy	to-infinitive		the two fleeing chiefs				vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chief=Patient
6	flee	gerund						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	scatter	participle		Rocks not said here	the banks of this old channel			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme along bank=Destination
8	point out	present · passive		Rocks			as the individuals and the remnants of houses	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
9	destroy	participle		houses not said here			Pele obl:agent	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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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🌲 Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Pele and Kaha-wali, sentence 79

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Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Pele and Kaha-wali, sentence 79