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Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Hiiaka Catching a Ghost, sentence 46

She drove the ghost to the side of the body and ordered it to enter, but the ghost thought that it would be a brighter and happier life if it could be free among the blossoming trees and fragrant ferns of the forest, so tried again to slip away from the house in which it had lived.

Who acts: Hiiaka, ghost · What happens: drive, order, enter, think, be, try · To what, where: ghost, side, house

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

nsubjdetobjcasedetoblcasedetnmodccconjobjmarkxcomppunctccdetnsubjparataxismarknsubjauxcopdetccompccamodconjmarknsubjauxcopadvclcasedetcompoundoblccamodconjcasedetnmodpunctadvmodconjadvmodmarkxcompadvmodcasedetoblcaseoblnsubjauxacl:relclpunctrootShePRONdroveVERBtheDETghostNOUNtoADPtheDETsideNOUNofADPtheDETbodyNOUNandCCONJorderedVERBitPRONtoPARTenterVERB,PUNCTbutCCONJtheDETghostNOUNthoughtVERBthatSCONJitPRONwouldAUXbeAUXaDETbrighterADJandCCONJhappierADJlifeNOUNifSCONJitPRONcouldAUXbeAUXfreeADJamongADPtheDETblossomingNOUNtreesNOUNandCCONJfragrantADJfernsNOUNofADPtheDETforestNOUN,PUNCTsoADVtriedVERBagainADVtoPARTslipVERBawayADVfromADPtheDEThouseNOUNinADPwhichPRONitPRONhadAUXlivedVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 drovensubj
2drovedriveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 ghostdet
4ghostghostNOUNNumber=Sing2 droveobj
5totoADP_7 sidecase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 sidedet
7sidesideNOUNNumber=Sing2 droveobl
8ofofADP_10 bodycase
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 bodydet
10bodybodyNOUNNumber=Sing7 sidenmod
11andandCCONJ_12 orderedcc
12orderedorderVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 droveconj
13ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs12 orderedobj
14totoPART_15 entermark
15enterenterVERBVerbForm=Inf12 orderedxcomp
16,,PUNCT_20 thoughtpunct
17butbutCCONJ_20 thoughtcc
18thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 ghostdet
19ghostghostNOUNNumber=Sing20 thoughtnsubj
20thoughtthinkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 droveparataxis
21thatthatSCONJ_26 brightermark
22ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs26 brighternsubj
23wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin26 brighteraux
24bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf26 brightercop
25aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art26 brighterdet
26brighterbrightADJDegree=Cmp20 thoughtccomp
27andandCCONJ_29 lifecc
28happierhappyADJDegree=Cmp29 lifeamod
29lifelifeNOUNNumber=Sing26 brighterconj
30ififSCONJ_34 freemark
31ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs34 freensubj
32couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin34 freeaux
33bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf34 freecop
34freefreeADJDegree=Pos26 brighteradvcl
35amongamongADP_38 treescase
36thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art38 treesdet
37blossomingblossomingNOUNNumber=Sing38 treescompound
38treestreeNOUNNumber=Plur34 freeobl
39andandCCONJ_41 fernscc
40fragrantfragrantADJDegree=Pos41 fernsamod
41fernsfernNOUNNumber=Plur38 treesconj
42ofofADP_44 forestcase
43thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art44 forestdet
44forestforestNOUNNumber=Sing41 fernsnmod
45,,PUNCT_47 triedpunct
46sosoADV_47 triedadvmod
47triedtryVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass20 thoughtconj
48againagainADV_47 triedadvmod
49totoPART_50 slipmark
50slipslipVERBVerbForm=Inf47 triedxcomp
51awayawayADV_50 slipadvmod
52fromfromADP_54 housecase
53thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art54 housedet
54househouseNOUNNumber=Sing50 slipobl
55ininADP_56 whichcase
56whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel59 livedobl
57ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs59 livednsubj
58hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin59 livedaux
59livedliveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part54 houseacl:relcl
60..PUNCT_2 drovepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1drivepastHiiakathe ghostthe side of the bodyvn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent ghost=Theme to side=Trajectory
2orderpastHiiaka not said hereghostvn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent it=Recipient clause=Topic
3enter not said to happento-infinitiveHiiaka not said herevn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4think speech: otherpastthe ghostvn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5iswouldghosthappier life conj; bright propertytree rules
6is a condition, not said to happencouldghostamong the blossoming trees and fragrant ferns of the forest; free propertytree rules
7tryparticiplethe ghost not said hereagainvn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
8slip away not said to happento-infinitivethe ghost not said herefrom the house; away propertyvn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from house=Co-Patient
9livepast · perfectghostthe housevn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Location

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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