Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Pele and Kama-puaa, sentence 3
Kama-puaa was born on the island of Oahu, where he was known as a very powerful and destructive monster, also as a peculiarly handsome and even lovable chief.
What happens: bear, know · To what, where: Kama puaa, island, Oahu
This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Pele and Kama-puaa. 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 | Kama | Kama | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 puaa | compound |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Kama | punct |
| 3 | puaa | puaa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 born | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 born | aux:pass |
| 5 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 island | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 island | det |
| 8 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 born | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Oahu | case |
| 10 | Oahu | Oahu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 island | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 known | punct |
| 12 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 15 known | advmod |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 known | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 known | aux:pass |
| 15 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 island | conj |
| 16 | as | as | ADP | _ | 22 monster | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 monster | det |
| 18 | very | very | ADV | _ | 19 powerful | advmod |
| 19 | powerful | powerful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 monster | amod |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 destructive | cc |
| 21 | destructive | destructive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 powerful | conj |
| 22 | monster | monster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 known | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 handsome | punct |
| 24 | also | also | ADV | _ | 28 handsome | advmod |
| 25 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 28 handsome | mark |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 handsome | det |
| 27 | peculiarly | peculiarly | ADV | _ | 28 handsome | advmod |
| 28 | handsome | handsome | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 born | parataxis |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 chief | cc |
| 30 | even | even | ADV | _ | 32 chief | advmod |
| 31 | lovable | lovable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 chief | amod |
| 32 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 handsome | conj |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 born | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear | past · passive | Kama puaa | the island of Oahu | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | know | past · passive | Oahu | as a powerful monster | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus as monster=Attribute |
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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