Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Pili and Noho, sentence 23
Then she called the chief, saying, “I have made the way safe for your people and you; I give back your property and the land of the dragons.”
Who acts: Hiiaka · What happens: call, say, make, give back · To what, where: chief, way, property · 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 (Hiiaka), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 called | advmod |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 called | nsubj |
| 3 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 chief | det |
| 5 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 called | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 saying | punct |
| 7 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 called | advcl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 made | punct |
| 9 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 made | punct |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 made | nsubj |
| 11 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 made | aux |
| 12 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 saying | ccomp |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 way | det |
| 14 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 made | obl:unmarked |
| 15 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 made | xcomp |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 people | case |
| 17 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 people | nmod:poss |
| 18 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 safe | obl |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 you | cc |
| 20 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 made | conj |
| 21 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 23 give | punct |
| 22 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 23 give | nsubj |
| 23 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 called | conj |
| 24 | back | back | ADV | _ | 23 give | advmod |
| 25 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 property | nmod:poss |
| 26 | property | property | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 give | obj |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 land | cc |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 land | det |
| 29 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 property | conj |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 dragons | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 dragons | det |
| 32 | dragons | dragon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 land | nmod |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 called | punct |
| 34 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 called | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call speech: assert | past | Hiiaka | the chief | then | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent chief=Recipient | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | gerund | Hiiaka not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | make in a quote | present · perfect | Hiiaka | the way | you conj; safe property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||
| 4 | give back in a quote | present | Hiiaka | your property and the land of the dragons | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent property=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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