Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Pili and Noho, sentence 164
The servants of Pau-o-palae, the goddess of ferns, brought all manner of sweet-scented ferns, flowers, and leaves to make a bed for the body of Lohiau, and to place around the inside of the house as fragrant paths by which the gods could come to aid the restoration to life.
Who acts: servants, gods · What happens: bring, scent, leave, make, come, aid · To what, where: manner, bed, restoration
This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Pili and Noho. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (servants, gods), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 servants | det |
| 2 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 brought | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 palae | case |
| 4 | Pau | Pau | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 palae | nsubj |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 palae | punct |
| 6 | o | of | ADP | Abbr=Yes | 8 palae | case |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 o | punct |
| 8 | palae | palae | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 servants | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 goddess | punct |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 goddess | det |
| 11 | goddess | goddess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 palae | appos |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 ferns | case |
| 13 | ferns | fern | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 goddess | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 servants | punct |
| 15 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 16 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 17 manner | det |
| 17 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 brought | obj |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 ferns | case |
| 19 | sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 scented | compound |
| 20 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 19 sweet | punct |
| 21 | scented | scent | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 22 ferns | amod |
| 22 | ferns | fern | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 manner | nmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 flowers | punct |
| 24 | flowers | flower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 ferns | conj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 leaves | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 leaves | cc |
| 27 | leaves | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 brought | conj |
| 28 | to | to | PART | _ | 29 make | mark |
| 29 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 leaves | xcomp |
| 30 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 31 bed | det |
| 31 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 make | obj |
| 32 | for | for | ADP | _ | 34 body | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 body | det |
| 34 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 make | obl |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 Lohiau | case |
| 36 | Lohiau | Lohiau | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 body | nmod |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 place | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 place | cc |
| 39 | to | to | ADP | _ | 40 place | case |
| 40 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 brought | advcl |
| 41 | around | around | ADP | _ | 43 inside | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 inside | det |
| 43 | inside | inside | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 place | nmod |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 house | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 house | det |
| 46 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 inside | nmod |
| 47 | as | as | ADP | _ | 49 paths | case |
| 48 | fragrant | fragrant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 paths | amod |
| 49 | paths | path | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 place | nmod |
| 50 | by | by | ADP | _ | 51 which | case |
| 51 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 55 come | obl |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 gods | det |
| 53 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 55 come | nsubj |
| 54 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 55 come | aux |
| 55 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 49 paths | acl:relcl |
| 56 | to | to | PART | _ | 57 aid | mark |
| 57 | aid | aid | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 55 come | xcomp |
| 58 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 59 restoration | det |
| 59 | restoration | restoration | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 aid | obj |
| 60 | to | to | ADP | _ | 61 life | case |
| 61 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 aid | obl |
| 62 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 brought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | past | the servants of palae Pau | all manner of scented ferns and flowers | place around the inside of the house as fragrant paths advcl | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent manner=Theme | |||
| 2 | scent | participle | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | leave | present | the servants of palae Pau not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | make | to-infinitive | the servants of palae Pau not said here | a bed | for the body of Lohiau | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent bed=Material for body=Beneficiary | |||
| 5 | come | could | the gods | by fragrant paths | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | aid | to-infinitive | the gods not said here | the restoration | to life | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent restoration=Beneficiary |
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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