Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Pili and Noho, sentence 33
Hiiaka clearly and sweetly called for the dragon-gods to prepare a way for her and also to bring gifts for herself and her companions.
What happens: call, prepare, bring · To what, where: Hiiaka, way, gifts · 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: 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 | Hiiaka | Hiiaka | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 called | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | clearly | clearly | ADV | _ | 5 called | advmod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 sweetly | cc |
| 4 | sweetly | sweetly | ADV | _ | 5 called | advmod |
| 5 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 gods | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 gods | det |
| 8 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 gods | compound |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 dragon | punct |
| 10 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 called | obl |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 prepare | mark |
| 12 | prepare | prepare | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 called | advcl |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 way | det |
| 14 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 prepare | obj |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 her | case |
| 16 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 prepare | obl |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 bring | cc |
| 18 | also | also | ADV | _ | 20 bring | advmod |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 bring | mark |
| 20 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 prepare | conj |
| 21 | gifts | gift | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 bring | obj |
| 22 | for | for | ADP | _ | 23 herself | case |
| 23 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 20 bring | obl |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 companions | cc |
| 25 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 companions | nmod:poss |
| 26 | companions | companion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 herself | conj |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 called | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | participle · passive | Hiiaka | for the dragon gods; clearly, sweetly property | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for god=Beneficiary | ||||
| 2 | prepare | to-infinitive | a way | for Hiiaka | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent way=Product for she=Beneficiary | ||||
| 3 | bring | to-infinitive | gifts | for Hiiaka | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent gift=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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