Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Pili and Noho, sentence 193
One of the legends says that Pele killed her; another says that she was repulsed and driven away; others say that Pele refused to listen to any report of the journey to Kauai and hurled Wahine-omao senseless into a hole near the fire-pit, and raved against Hiiaka for the long time required in bringing Lohiau.
Who acts: One, Pele, another, others · What happens: say, kill, repulse, drive away, refuse, not listen · To what, where: omao, Wahine omao, hole, long time, Lohiau, journey · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (One, Pele, another, others), 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 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 says | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 legends | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 legends | det |
| 4 | legends | legend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 One | nmod |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 killed | mark |
| 7 | Pele | Pele | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 killed | nsubj |
| 8 | killed | kill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 says | ccomp |
| 9 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 killed | obj |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 says | punct |
| 11 | another | another | PRON | PronType=Ind | 12 says | nsubj |
| 12 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 says | conj |
| 13 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 16 repulsed | mark |
| 14 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 repulsed | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 repulsed | aux:pass |
| 16 | repulsed | repulse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 says | ccomp |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 driven | cc |
| 18 | driven | drive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 repulsed | conj |
| 19 | away | away | ADV | _ | 18 driven | advmod |
| 20 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 22 say | punct |
| 21 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 say | nsubj |
| 22 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 says | parataxis |
| 23 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 25 refused | mark |
| 24 | Pele | Pele | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 refused | nsubj |
| 25 | refused | refuse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 say | ccomp |
| 26 | to | to | PART | _ | 27 listen | mark |
| 27 | listen | listen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 refused | xcomp |
| 28 | to | to | ADP | _ | 30 report | case |
| 29 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 30 report | det |
| 30 | report | report | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 listen | obl |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 journey | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 journey | det |
| 33 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 report | nmod |
| 34 | to | to | ADP | _ | 35 Kauai | case |
| 35 | Kauai | Kauai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 journey | nmod |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 hurled | cc |
| 37 | hurled | hurl | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 refused | conj |
| 38 | Wahine | Wahine | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 omao | compound |
| 39 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 38 Wahine | punct |
| 40 | omao | omao | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 hurled | obj |
| 41 | senseless | senseless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 omao | amod |
| 42 | into | into | ADP | _ | 44 hole | case |
| 43 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 44 hole | det |
| 44 | hole | hole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 hurled | obl |
| 45 | near | near | ADP | _ | 49 pit | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 pit | det |
| 47 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 pit | compound |
| 48 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 47 fire | punct |
| 49 | pit | pit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 hole | nmod |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 raved | punct |
| 51 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 52 raved | cc |
| 52 | raved | rave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 22 say | conj |
| 53 | against | against | ADP | _ | 54 Hiiaka | case |
| 54 | Hiiaka | Hiiaka | PROPN | Number=Sing | 52 raved | obl |
| 55 | for | for | ADP | _ | 58 time | case |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 time | det |
| 57 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 58 time | amod |
| 58 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 raved | obl |
| 59 | required | require | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 58 time | acl |
| 60 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 61 bringing | mark |
| 61 | bringing | bring | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 59 required | advcl |
| 62 | Lohiau | Lohiau | PROPN | Number=Sing | 61 bringing | obj |
| 63 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 says | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | One of the legends | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | kill | past | Pele | omao | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present | another | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | repulse | past · passive | omao | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | |||||
| 5 | drive away | participle | away property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | say speech: assert | present | others | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 7 | refuse | past | Pele | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 8 | not listen | to-infinitive | Pele not said here | to any report of the journey to Kauai | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to report=Theme | ||||
| 9 | hurl | past | Pele not said here | Wahine omao | a hole near the fire pit | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent omao=Theme into hole=Destination | |||
| 10 | rave speech: other | participle | others not said here | time | against Hiiaka | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 11 | require | participle | the long time not said here | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 12 | bring | gerund | Lohiau | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument lohiau=Destination | |||||
| 13 | report | the journey to Kauai | nom report «communication 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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