Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Pele and Kama-puaa, sentence 96
Kama-puaa thought he had destroyed Pele’s resources, but just as his wonderful storms had put forth their greatest efforts, Lono-makua kindled the flames of fierce eruptions once more.
Who acts: thought, Kama puaa thought, fierce eruptions · What happens: destroy, put, kindle, storm, flame · To what, where: resources, wonderful storms, flames
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 (thought, Kama puaa thought, fierce eruptions), 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 | 4 thought | compound |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Kama | punct |
| 3 | puaa | puaa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 thought | compound |
| 4 | thought | thought | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 kindled | nsubj:outer |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 destroyed | nsubj |
| 6 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 destroyed | aux |
| 7 | destroyed | destroy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 thought | acl:relcl |
| 8 | Pele | Pele | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 resources | nmod:poss |
| 9 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 8 Pele | case |
| 10 | resources | resource | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 destroyed | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 put | punct |
| 12 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 19 put | cc |
| 13 | just | just | ADV | _ | 19 put | advmod |
| 14 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 19 put | mark |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 storms | nmod:poss |
| 16 | wonderful | wonderful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 storms | amod |
| 17 | storms | storm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 put | nsubj:pass |
| 18 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 put | aux |
| 19 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 28 kindled | advcl |
| 20 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 19 put | advmod |
| 21 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 efforts | nmod:poss |
| 22 | greatest | great | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 23 efforts | amod |
| 23 | efforts | effort | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 kindled | nsubj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 makua | punct |
| 25 | Lono | Lono | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 makua | compound |
| 26 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 25 Lono | punct |
| 27 | makua | makua | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 efforts | conj |
| 28 | kindled | kindle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 flames | det |
| 30 | flames | flame | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 kindled | obj |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 eruptions | case |
| 32 | fierce | fierce | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 eruptions | amod |
| 33 | eruptions | eruption | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 flames | nmod |
| 34 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 35 more | advmod |
| 35 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 28 kindled | advmod |
| 36 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 28 kindled | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | destroy | past · perfect | thought | Pele's resources | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent resource=Patient | ||||
| 2 | put | past · perfect · passive | thought's wonderful storms | forth property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | ||||
| 3 | kindle | past | Kama puaa thought | the flames of fierce eruptions | resources's greatest efforts and Lono makua nsubj | vn engender-27.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition flame=Patient | |||
| 4 | storm | thought | nom storm «phenomenon intransitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 5 | flame | fierce eruptions | nom flame «process intransitive»: of=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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