Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Pili and Noho, sentence 75
She destroyed many evil-minded gnomes and elves; fought the au-makuas and the demi-gods of land and sea; found the body of Lohiau put away in a cave and watched over by the dragon-women who had been defeated by Pele when in her long sleep she chanted the songs of the Winds of Kauai.
Who acts: substance, body, Pele, Winds · What happens: destroy, fight, find, put away, watch over, defeat · To what, where: many minded gnomes, au makuas, cave, dragon women, songs, long sleep · 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 (substance, body, Pele, Winds), 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 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 destroyed | nsubj |
| 2 | destroyed | destroy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 gnomes | amod |
| 4 | evil | evil | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 minded | amod |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 evil | punct |
| 6 | minded | minded | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 gnomes | amod |
| 7 | gnomes | gnome | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 destroyed | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 elves | cc |
| 9 | elves | elf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 gnomes | conj |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 11 fought | punct |
| 11 | fought | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 destroyed | conj |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 makuas | det |
| 13 | au | au | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 makuas | compound |
| 14 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 13 au | punct |
| 15 | makuas | makua | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 fought | obj |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 gods | cc |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 gods | det |
| 18 | demi | demi | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 gods | compound |
| 19 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 18 demi | punct |
| 20 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 makuas | conj |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 land | case |
| 22 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 gods | nmod |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 sea | cc |
| 24 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 land | conj |
| 25 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 26 found | punct |
| 26 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 destroyed | parataxis |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 body | det |
| 28 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 put | nsubj |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 Lohiau | case |
| 30 | Lohiau | Lohiau | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 body | nmod |
| 31 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 found | ccomp |
| 32 | away | away | ADV | _ | 31 put | advmod |
| 33 | in | in | ADP | _ | 35 cave | case |
| 34 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 35 cave | det |
| 35 | cave | cave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 put | obl |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 watched | cc |
| 37 | watched | watch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 found | conj |
| 38 | over | over | ADV | _ | 37 watched | advmod |
| 39 | by | by | ADP | _ | 43 women | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 women | det |
| 41 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 women | compound |
| 42 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 41 dragon | punct |
| 43 | women | woman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 watched | obl |
| 44 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 47 defeated | nsubj:pass |
| 45 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 defeated | aux |
| 46 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 47 defeated | aux:pass |
| 47 | defeated | defeat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 43 women | acl:relcl |
| 48 | by | by | ADP | _ | 49 Pele | case |
| 49 | Pele | Pele | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 defeated | obl |
| 50 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 56 chanted | advmod |
| 51 | in | in | ADP | _ | 54 sleep | case |
| 52 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 54 sleep | nmod:poss |
| 53 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 sleep | amod |
| 54 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 chanted | obl |
| 55 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 56 chanted | nsubj |
| 56 | chanted | chant | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 defeated | advcl |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 songs | det |
| 58 | songs | song | NOUN | Number=Plur | 56 chanted | obj |
| 59 | of | of | ADP | _ | 61 Winds | case |
| 60 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 61 Winds | det |
| 61 | Winds | wind | NOUN | Number=Plur | 58 songs | nmod |
| 62 | of | of | ADP | _ | 63 Kauai | case |
| 63 | Kauai | Kauai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 61 Winds | nmod |
| 64 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 destroyed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | destroy | past | substance | many minded gnomes and elves | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gnome=Patient | ||||
| 2 | fight | past | substance not said here | the au makuas and the demi gods of land and sea | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent makua=Co-Agent | ||||
| 3 | find | past | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||||
| 4 | put away | past | the body of Lohiau | a cave | away property | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in cave=Destination | |||
| 5 | watch over | past | by the dragon women; over property | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by woman=Location | |||||
| 6 | defeat | past · perfect · passive | Pele | the dragon women | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | chant | past | substance | the songs of the Winds of Kauai | substance's long sleep | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent song=Topic | |||
| 8 | sleep | substance | nom sleep «state intransitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 9 | sing | the Winds of Kauai | nom song «communication intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 10 | wind | Kauai | nom wind «phenomenon 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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