Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Hopoe, the Dancing Stone, sentence 56
When Pele heard this chant from the forgiving love of her little sister she relented somewhat and gave Hiiaka a portion of her divine power with which to wage battle against the demons and dragons and sorcerers innumerable whom she would meet in her journey, and also sent Pauopalae, the woman of supernatural power, who cared for the ferns of all kinds around the volcano, to be her companion.
Who acts: Pele, supernatural power · What happens: hear, forgive, relent, give, wage, meet · To what, where: chant, forgiving love, portion, Hiiaka, battle, journey
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 (Pele, supernatural power), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 heard | advmod |
| 2 | Pele | Pele | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 heard | nsubj |
| 3 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 relented | advcl |
| 4 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 chant | det |
| 5 | chant | chant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 heard | obj |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 love | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 love | det |
| 8 | forgiving | forgive | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 love | amod |
| 9 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 heard | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 sister | case |
| 11 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 sister | nmod:poss |
| 12 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 sister | amod |
| 13 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 love | nmod |
| 14 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 relented | nsubj |
| 15 | relented | relent | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 16 | somewhat | somewhat | ADV | _ | 15 relented | advmod |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 gave | cc |
| 18 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 relented | conj |
| 19 | Hiiaka | Hiiaka | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 gave | iobj |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 portion | det |
| 21 | portion | portion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 gave | obj |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 power | case |
| 23 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 power | nmod:poss |
| 24 | divine | divine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 power | amod |
| 25 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 portion | nmod |
| 26 | with | with | ADP | _ | 27 which | case |
| 27 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 29 wage | obl |
| 28 | to | to | PART | _ | 29 wage | mark |
| 29 | wage | wage | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 power | acl:relcl |
| 30 | battle | battle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 wage | obj |
| 31 | against | against | ADP | _ | 33 demons | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 demons | det |
| 33 | demons | demon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 wage | obl |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 dragons | cc |
| 35 | dragons | dragon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 demons | conj |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 sorcerers | cc |
| 37 | sorcerers | sorcerer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 demons | conj |
| 38 | innumerable | innumerable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 sorcerers | amod |
| 39 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 42 meet | obj |
| 40 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 meet | nsubj |
| 41 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 42 meet | aux |
| 42 | meet | meet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 38 innumerable | parataxis |
| 43 | in | in | ADP | _ | 45 journey | case |
| 44 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 journey | nmod:poss |
| 45 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 meet | obl |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 sent | punct |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 sent | cc |
| 48 | also | also | ADV | _ | 49 sent | advmod |
| 49 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 relented | conj |
| 50 | Pauopalae | Pauopalae | PROPN | Number=Sing | 49 sent | obj |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 woman | punct |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 woman | det |
| 53 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 Pauopalae | appos |
| 54 | of | of | ADP | _ | 56 power | case |
| 55 | supernatural | supernatural | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 power | amod |
| 56 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 woman | nmod |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 cared | punct |
| 58 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 59 cared | nsubj |
| 59 | cared | care | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 56 power | acl:relcl |
| 60 | for | for | ADP | _ | 62 ferns | case |
| 61 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 62 ferns | det |
| 62 | ferns | fern | NOUN | Number=Plur | 59 cared | obl |
| 63 | of | of | ADP | _ | 65 kinds | case |
| 64 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 65 kinds | det |
| 65 | kinds | kind | NOUN | Number=Plur | 62 ferns | nmod |
| 66 | around | around | ADP | _ | 68 volcano | case |
| 67 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 68 volcano | det |
| 68 | volcano | volcano | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 kinds | nmod |
| 69 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 73 companion | punct |
| 70 | to | to | PART | _ | 73 companion | mark |
| 71 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 73 companion | cop |
| 72 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 73 companion | nmod:poss |
| 73 | companion | companion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 Pauopalae | appos |
| 74 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 relented | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past | Pele | this chant | the forgiving love of Pele's little sister | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent chant=Topic from love=Source | |||
| 2 | forgive | gerund | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | relent | past | Pele | somewhat property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | give | past | Pele not said here | a portion of Pele's divine power | Hiiaka | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent hiiaka=Recipient portion=Theme | |||
| 5 | wage | to-infinitive | Pele not said here | battle | with Pele's divine power; against the demons and dragons and sorcerers | tree rules | |||
| 6 | meet | would | Pele | Pele's journey | whom obj | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Co-Agent | |||
| 7 | send | past | Pele not said here | Pauopalae | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pauopalae=Theme | ||||
| 8 | care | past | supernatural power | for the ferns of all kinds around the volcano | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for fern=Theme | ||||
| 9 | is a | to-infinitive | Pele's companion | Pele nmod:poss | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | love | Pele's little sister | nom love «feeling transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 11 | journey | Pele | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=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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