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Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Hiiaka’s Battle With Demons, sentence 30

Every demon wind, every foul fiend dwelling in dangerous branches of falling trees, every wicked gnome whirling clouds of dust or fog and wrapping them around a traveller, in fact every living thing which could in any way injure a traveller was his loyal subject.

Who acts: foul fiend, wicked gnome, living thing · What happens: dwell, fall, whirl, wrap, injure, be · To what, where: dangerous branches, clouds, traveller, living thing, way, loyal subject

This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Hiiaka’s Battle With Demons. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (foul fiend, wicked gnome, living thing), 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

detcompoundpunctdetamodapposaclcaseamodoblcaseamodnmodpunctdetamodconjaclobjcasenmodccconjccconjobjcasedetoblpunctcaseobldetcompoundnsubjobjauxcasedetoblacl:relcldetobjcopnmod:possamodadvclpunctrootEveryDETdemonNOUNwindNOUN,PUNCTeveryDETfoulADJfiendNOUNdwellingVERBinADPdangerousADJbranchesNOUNofADPfallingVERBtreesNOUN,PUNCTeveryDETwickedADJgnomeNOUNwhirlingVERBcloudsNOUNofADPdustNOUNorCCONJfogNOUNandCCONJwrappingVERBthemPRONaroundADPaDETtravellerNOUN,PUNCTinADPfactNOUNeveryDETlivingNOUNthingNOUNwhichPRONcouldAUXinADPanyDETwayNOUNinjureVERBaDETtravellerNOUNwasAUXhisPRONloyalADJsubjectNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1EveryeveryDETPronType=Tot3 winddet
2demondemonNOUNNumber=Sing3 windcompound
3windwindNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
4,,PUNCT_7 fiendpunct
5everyeveryDETPronType=Tot7 fienddet
6foulfoulADJDegree=Pos7 fiendamod
7fiendfiendNOUNNumber=Sing3 windappos
8dwellingdwellVERBVerbForm=Ger7 fiendacl
9ininADP_11 branchescase
10dangerousdangerousADJDegree=Pos11 branchesamod
11branchesbranchNOUNNumber=Plur8 dwellingobl
12ofofADP_14 treescase
13fallingfallVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part14 treesamod
14treestreeNOUNNumber=Plur11 branchesnmod
15,,PUNCT_18 gnomepunct
16everyeveryDETPronType=Tot18 gnomedet
17wickedwickedADJDegree=Pos18 gnomeamod
18gnomegnomeNOUNNumber=Sing3 windconj
19whirlingwhirlVERBVerbForm=Ger18 gnomeacl
20cloudscloudNOUNNumber=Plur19 whirlingobj
21ofofADP_22 dustcase
22dustdustNOUNNumber=Sing20 cloudsnmod
23ororCCONJ_24 fogcc
24fogfogNOUNNumber=Sing22 dustconj
25andandCCONJ_26 wrappingcc
26wrappingwrapVERBVerbForm=Ger19 whirlingconj
27themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs26 wrappingobj
28aroundaroundADP_30 travellercase
29aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art30 travellerdet
30travellertravellerNOUNNumber=Sing26 wrappingobl
31,,PUNCT_33 factpunct
32ininADP_33 factcase
33factfactNOUNNumber=Sing48 subjectobl
34everyeveryDETPronType=Tot36 thingdet
35livinglivingNOUNNumber=Sing36 thingcompound
36thingthingNOUNNumber=Sing48 subjectnsubj
37whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel42 injureobj
38couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin42 injureaux
39ininADP_41 waycase
40anyanyDETPronType=Ind41 waydet
41waywayNOUNNumber=Sing42 injureobl
42injureinjureVERBVerbForm=Inf36 thingacl:relcl
43aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art44 travellerdet
44travellertravellerNOUNNumber=Sing42 injureobj
45wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin48 subjectcop
46hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs48 subjectnmod:poss
47loyalloyalADJDegree=Pos48 subjectamod
48subjectsubjectNOUNNumber=Sing19 whirlingadvcl
49..PUNCT_3 windpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1dwellgerundevery foul fiend not said heredangerous branches of falling treesvn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in branch=Location
2fallgerundvn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3whirlgerundevery wicked gnome not said hereclouds of dust or fogvn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent cloud=Theme
4wrapgerundevery wicked gnome not said hereclouds = clouda travellervn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme around traveller=Destination
5injurecouldevery living thingany waya traveller objtree rules
6is apastevery living thingman's loyal subjectfactman nmod:posstree rules
8clouddust or fognom cloud «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

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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