Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Pele’s Long Sleep, sentence 130

Then she called for kite-flying winds when the birds sport in the heavens and the surf lies quiet on incoming waves, and then she sang of the winds kolonahe, softly blowing; and the winds hunahuna, breaking into fragments; and the winds which carry the mist, the sprinkling shower, the falling rain and the severe storm; the winds which touch the mountain-tops, and those which creep along the edge of the precipices, holding on by their fingers, and those which dash over the plains and along the sea-beach, blowing the waves into mist.

Who acts: wind, birds sport, winds · What happens: call, fly, lie, sing, blow, break · To what, where: winds, incoming waves, fragments, mist, mountain tops, edge · 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 (wind, birds sport, winds), 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	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 called	advmod
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 called	nsubj
3	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	8 winds	case
5	kite	kite	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 flying	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 kite	punct
7	flying	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 winds	amod
8	winds	wind	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 called	obl
9	when	when	SCONJ	_	19 lies	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sport	det
11	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 sport	compound
12	sport	sport	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 lies	nsubj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 heavens	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 heavens	det
15	heavens	heaven	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 sport	nmod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 surf	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 surf	det
18	surf	surf	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 heavens	conj
19	lies	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 called	advcl
20	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 lies	xcomp
21	on	on	ADP	_	23 waves	case
22	incoming	incoming	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 waves	compound
23	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 lies	obl
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 sang	punct
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 sang	cc
26	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	28 sang	advmod
27	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 sang	nsubj
28	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 called	conj
29	of	of	ADP	_	32 kolonahe	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 kolonahe	det
31	winds	wind	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 kolonahe	compound
32	kolonahe	kolonahe	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 sang	obl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 blowing	punct
34	softly	softly	ADV	_	35 blowing	advmod
35	blowing	blow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	32 kolonahe	conj
36	;	;	PUNCT	_	40 hunahuna	punct
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 hunahuna	cc
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 winds	det
39	winds	wind	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 hunahuna	compound
40	hunahuna	hunahuna	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 called	conj
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 breaking	punct
42	breaking	break	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 called	advcl
43	into	into	ADP	_	44 fragments	case
44	fragments	fragment	NOUN	Number=Plur	42 breaking	obl
45	;	;	PUNCT	_	48 winds	punct
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 winds	cc
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 winds	det
48	winds	wind	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 called	xcomp
49	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	50 carry	nsubj
50	carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	48 winds	acl:relcl
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 mist	det
52	mist	mist	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 carry	obj
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 shower	punct
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 shower	det
55	sprinkling	sprinkle	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	56 shower	amod
56	shower	shower	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 winds	conj
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 rain	punct
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 rain	det
59	falling	fall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	60 rain	amod
60	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 winds	conj
61	and	and	CCONJ	_	64 storm	cc
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 storm	det
63	severe	severe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	64 storm	amod
64	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 rain	conj
65	;	;	PUNCT	_	67 winds	punct
66	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	67 winds	det
67	winds	wind	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 winds	conj
68	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	69 touch	nsubj
69	touch	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	67 winds	acl:relcl
70	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	73 tops	det
71	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 tops	compound
72	-	-	PUNCT	_	71 mountain	punct
73	tops	top	NOUN	Number=Plur	69 touch	obj
74	,	,	PUNCT	_	76 those	punct
75	and	and	CCONJ	_	76 those	cc
76	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	67 winds	nmod
77	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	78 creep	nsubj
78	creep	creep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	76 those	acl:relcl
79	along	along	ADP	_	81 edge	case
80	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	81 edge	det
81	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 creep	obl
82	of	of	ADP	_	84 precipices	case
83	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	84 precipices	det
84	precipices	precipice	NOUN	Number=Plur	81 edge	nmod
85	,	,	PUNCT	_	76 those	punct
86	holding	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	76 those	acl
87	on	on	ADP	_	86 holding	compound:prt
88	by	by	ADP	_	90 fingers	case
89	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	90 fingers	nmod:poss
90	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	86 holding	obl
91	,	,	PUNCT	_	93 those	punct
92	and	and	CCONJ	_	93 those	cc
93	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	76 those	conj
94	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	95 dash	nsubj
95	dash	dash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	93 those	acl:relcl
96	over	over	ADP	_	98 plains	case
97	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	98 plains	det
98	plains	plain	NOUN	Number=Plur	95 dash	obl
99	and	and	CCONJ	_	104 beach	cc
100	along	along	ADP	_	104 beach	case
101	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	104 beach	det
102	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	104 beach	compound
103	-	-	PUNCT	_	102 sea	punct
104	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	98 plains	conj
105	,	,	PUNCT	_	106 blowing	punct
106	blowing	blow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	98 plains	conj
107	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	108 waves	det
108	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	106 blowing	obj
109	into	into	ADP	_	110 mist	case
110	mist	mist	NOUN	Number=Sing	106 blowing	obl
111	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 called	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	wind	the winds and the sprinkling shower and the falling rain and the severe storm and the winds those those		then	for flying winds; winds hunahuna conj	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for wind=Recipient
2	fly	gerund					kite compound	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	lie	present	the birds sport in the heavens and the surf		incoming waves		quiet property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on wave=Location
4	sing speech: express	past	wind			then	of the winds kolonahe	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location
5	blow	gerund	wind not said here				softly property	vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
6	break	gerund	wind not said here				into fragments result	vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into fragment=Result
7	carry	present	the winds and the sprinkling shower and the falling rain and the severe storm and the winds those those	the mist				vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mist=Theme
8	sprinkle	gerund						vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme
9	fall	gerund						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	touch	present	the winds those those	the mountain tops				vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme top=Co-Theme
11	creep	present			the edge of the precipices		which nsubj	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along edge=Trajectory
12	hold on	gerund					by precipices's fingers	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by finger=Location
13	dash	present			the plains and the sea beach		which nsubj	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over plain=Trajectory
14	blow	gerund		the waves	mist			vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent wave=Material into mist=Product

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’s Long Sleep, sentence 130