Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Pele’s Long Sleep, sentence 106
—Some legends say that Pele danced the Hula of the Winds of Kauai, calling their names until strong winds blew and storms of rain beat upon the house in which the chiefs were assembled, driving the common people to their homes.—
Who acts: legends, Pele, strong winds, storms, rain · What happens: say, dance, call, blow, beat, assemble · To what, where: Hula, names, house, chiefs, common people, homes · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Pele’s Long Sleep. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (legends, Pele, strong winds, storms), 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 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 say | punct |
| 2 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 legends | det |
| 3 | legends | legend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 say | nsubj |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 danced | mark |
| 6 | Pele | Pele | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 danced | nsubj |
| 7 | danced | dance | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 say | ccomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Hula | det |
| 9 | Hula | Hula | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 danced | obj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 Winds | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Winds | det |
| 12 | Winds | wind | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 danced | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 Kauai | case |
| 14 | Kauai | Kauai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Winds | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 calling | punct |
| 16 | calling | call | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 danced | advcl |
| 17 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 names | nmod:poss |
| 18 | names | name | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 calling | obj |
| 19 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 22 blew | mark |
| 20 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 winds | amod |
| 21 | winds | wind | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 blew | nsubj |
| 22 | blew | blow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 calling | advcl |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 beat | cc |
| 24 | storms | storm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 beat | nsubj |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 rain | case |
| 26 | rain | rain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 storms | nmod |
| 27 | beat | beat | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 blew | conj |
| 28 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 30 house | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 house | det |
| 30 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 beat | obl |
| 31 | in | in | ADP | _ | 32 which | case |
| 32 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 36 assembled | obl |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 chiefs | det |
| 34 | chiefs | chief | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 assembled | nsubj:pass |
| 35 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 assembled | aux:pass |
| 36 | assembled | assemble | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 30 house | acl:relcl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 driving | punct |
| 38 | driving | drive | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 36 assembled | advcl |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 people | det |
| 40 | common | common | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 people | amod |
| 41 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 driving | obj |
| 42 | to | to | ADP | _ | 44 homes | case |
| 43 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 homes | nmod:poss |
| 44 | homes | home | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 driving | obl |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 say | punct |
| 46 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 say | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | some legends | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | dance | past | Pele | the Hula | of the Winds of Kauai | vn waltz-51.5 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent hula=Theme of wind=Trajectory | |||
| 3 | call | gerund | Pele not said here | Pele's names | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient | ||||
| 4 | blow | past | strong winds | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 5 | beat | present | storms of rain | the house | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon house=Location | ||||
| 6 | assemble | past · passive | the chiefs | the house | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 7 | drive | gerund | the common people | Pele's homes | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent people=Theme to home=Trajectory | ||||
| 8 | wind | Kauai | nom wind «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 9 | name | Pele | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 10 | storm | rain | nom storm «phenomenon 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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