Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Pili and Noho, sentence 199
Now, as they stood on the brink of the crater with all the proof of Pele’s oath-breaking around them Hiiaka gave way entirely.
Who acts: bravery, proof · What happens: stand, break, give · To what, where: brink, Hiiaka, way
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 (bravery, proof), 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 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 25 gave | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Now | punct |
| 3 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 5 stood | mark |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 stood | nsubj |
| 5 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 gave | advcl |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 brink | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 brink | det |
| 8 | brink | brink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stood | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 crater | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 crater | det |
| 11 | crater | crater | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 brink | nmod |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 proof | case |
| 13 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 15 proof | det:predet |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 proof | det |
| 15 | proof | proof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stood | obl |
| 16 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 21 breaking | mark |
| 17 | Pele | Pele | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 breaking | nmod:poss |
| 18 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 17 Pele | case |
| 19 | oath | oath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 breaking | compound |
| 20 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 19 oath | punct |
| 21 | breaking | break | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 15 proof | acl |
| 22 | around | around | ADP | _ | 23 them | case |
| 23 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 breaking | obl |
| 24 | Hiiaka | Hiiaka | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 breaking | obj |
| 25 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 26 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 gave | obj |
| 27 | entirely | entirely | ADV | _ | 25 gave | advmod |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 25 gave | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | past | bravery | the brink of the crater | with all proof | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on brink=Location | |||
| 2 | break | gerund | all proof not said here | Hiiaka | around bravery; Pele nmod:poss; oath compound | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hiiaka=Patient | |||
| 3 | give | past | way | now | entirely property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme |
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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