Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Pele and Kama-puaa, sentence 47
For a time Pele and Kama-puaa lived together as husband and wife, in various parts of the district of Puna.—The places where they dwelt are pointed out even at this day by the natives who know the traditions.—It is said that a son was born and named Opelu-haa-lii and that the fiery life of his mother was so strenuous that he lived only a little while.
Who acts: Pele, parts, natives, fiery life, reconciliation · What happens: live together, dwell, point out, know, say, bear · To what, where: various parts, traditions, place, son, Opelu haa lii · Speech: someone speaks here
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: who acts (Pele, parts, natives, fiery life), 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 time | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 time | det |
| 3 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 lived | obl |
| 4 | Pele | Pele | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 lived | nsubj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 puaa | cc |
| 6 | Kama | Kama | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 puaa | compound |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 Kama | punct |
| 8 | puaa | puaa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Pele | conj |
| 9 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | together | together | ADV | _ | 9 lived | advmod |
| 11 | as | as | ADP | _ | 12 husband | case |
| 12 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 lived | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 wife | cc |
| 14 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 husband | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 parts | punct |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 parts | case |
| 17 | various | various | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 parts | amod |
| 18 | parts | part | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 pointed | nsubj:pass |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 district | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 district | det |
| 21 | district | district | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 parts | nmod |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 Puna | case |
| 23 | Puna | Puna | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 district | nmod |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 18 parts | punct |
| 25 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 27 places | punct |
| 26 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 places | det |
| 27 | places | place | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 pointed | nsubj:pass |
| 28 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 30 dwelt | advmod |
| 29 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 dwelt | nsubj |
| 30 | dwelt | dwell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 places | acl:relcl |
| 31 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 pointed | aux:pass |
| 32 | pointed | point | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 lived | parataxis |
| 33 | out | out | ADP | _ | 32 pointed | compound:prt |
| 34 | even | even | ADV | _ | 37 day | advmod |
| 35 | at | at | ADP | _ | 37 day | case |
| 36 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 37 day | det |
| 37 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 pointed | obl:unmarked |
| 38 | by | by | ADP | _ | 40 natives | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 natives | det |
| 40 | natives | native | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 pointed | obl |
| 41 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 42 know | nsubj |
| 42 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 40 natives | acl:relcl |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 traditions | det |
| 44 | traditions | tradition | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 know | obj |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 lived | punct |
| 46 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 49 said | punct |
| 47 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 said | nsubj |
| 48 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 49 said | aux:pass |
| 49 | said | say | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 lived | parataxis |
| 50 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 54 born | mark |
| 51 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 52 son | det |
| 52 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 born | nsubj:pass |
| 53 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 54 born | aux:pass |
| 54 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 49 said | advcl |
| 55 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 56 named | cc |
| 56 | named | name | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 54 born | conj |
| 57 | Opelu | Opelu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 61 lii | compound |
| 58 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 57 Opelu | punct |
| 59 | haa | haa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 lii | compound |
| 60 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 59 haa | punct |
| 61 | lii | lii | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 named | xcomp |
| 62 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 72 strenuous | cc |
| 63 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 72 strenuous | mark |
| 64 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 66 life | det |
| 65 | fiery | fiery | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 66 life | amod |
| 66 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 72 strenuous | nsubj |
| 67 | of | of | ADP | _ | 69 mother | case |
| 68 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 69 mother | nmod:poss |
| 69 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 life | nmod |
| 70 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 72 strenuous | cop |
| 71 | so | so | ADV | _ | 72 strenuous | advmod |
| 72 | strenuous | strenuous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 born | conj |
| 73 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 75 lived | mark |
| 74 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 75 lived | nsubj |
| 75 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 72 strenuous | advcl |
| 76 | only | only | ADV | _ | 79 while | advmod |
| 77 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 79 while | det |
| 78 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 79 while | amod |
| 79 | while | while | NOUN | Number=Sing | 75 lived | obl |
| 80 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 lived | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live together | past | Pele and Kama puaa | time | as husband and wife; together property | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | dwell | past | parts = part | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | point out | present · passive | the natives | various parts of the district of Puna | day | the places nsubj:pass | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | ||
| 4 | know | present | the natives | the traditions | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer tradition=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | say speech: assert | present · passive | place | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | |||||
| 6 | bear | past · passive | a son | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 7 | name | participle | Opelu haa lii | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | is | past | the fiery life of Puna's mother | strenuous property | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | live | past | reconciliation | while | vn exist-47.1-1 «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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