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Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Hopoe, the Dancing Stone, sentence 19

The girl from the south seas promised to care for the Hawaiian girl whose home was in the midst of volcanic fires, and the Hawaiian gave pledge to aid and serve as best she could.

Who acts: girl, home, Hawaiian · What happens: promise, care, be, give, aid, serve · To what, where: midst, pledge, best

This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Hopoe, the Dancing Stone. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (girl, home, Hawaiian), 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

detnsubjcasedetcompoundnmodmarkxcompcasedetamodoblnmod:possnsubjcopcasedetacl:relclcaseamodnmodpunctccdetnsubjconjobjmarkxcompccconjadvmodobjnsubjparataxispunctrootTheDETgirlNOUNfromADPtheDETsouthNOUNseasNOUNpromisedVERBtoPARTcareVERBforADPtheDETHawaiianADJgirlNOUNwhosePRONhomeNOUNwasAUXinADPtheDETmidstNOUNofADPvolcanicADJfiresNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJtheDETHawaiianPROPNgaveVERBpledgeNOUNtoPARTaidVERBandCCONJserveVERBasADVbestADJshePRONcouldAUX.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 girldet
2girlgirlNOUNNumber=Sing7 promisednsubj
3fromfromADP_6 seascase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 seasdet
5southsouthNOUNNumber=Sing6 seascompound
6seasseaNOUNNumber=Plur2 girlnmod
7promisedpromiseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
8totoPART_9 caremark
9carecareVERBVerbForm=Inf7 promisedxcomp
10forforADP_13 girlcase
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 girldet
12HawaiianhawaiianADJDegree=Pos13 girlamod
13girlgirlNOUNNumber=Sing9 careobl
14whosewhosePRONPoss=Yes PronType=Rel15 homenmod:poss
15homehomeNOUNNumber=Sing19 midstnsubj
16wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin19 midstcop
17ininADP_19 midstcase
18thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 midstdet
19midstmidstNOUNNumber=Sing13 girlacl:relcl
20ofofADP_22 firescase
21volcanicvolcanicADJDegree=Pos22 firesamod
22firesfireNOUNNumber=Plur19 midstnmod
23,,PUNCT_27 gavepunct
24andandCCONJ_27 gavecc
25thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art26 Hawaiiandet
26HawaiianHawaiianPROPNNumber=Sing27 gavensubj
27gavegiveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 promisedconj
28pledgepledgeNOUNNumber=Sing27 gaveobj
29totoPART_30 aidmark
30aidaidVERBVerbForm=Inf27 gavexcomp
31andandCCONJ_32 servecc
32serveserveVERBVerbForm=Inf30 aidconj
33asasADV_34 bestadvmod
34bestgoodADJDegree=Sup32 serveobj
35sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs36 couldnsubj
36couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin34 bestparataxis
37..PUNCT_7 promisedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1promise speech: promisepastthe girl from the south seasvn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2care not said to happento-infinitivethe girl from the south seas not said herefor the Hawaiian girlvn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for girl=Theme
3ispastthe midst's homethe midstof volcanic firestree rules
4givepastthe Hawaiianpledgetree rules
5aidto-infinitivethe Hawaiian not said herevn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
6serveinfinitivethe Hawaiian not said herebestvn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=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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