Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), The Annihilation of Keoua’s Army, sentence 36

On the third day they ventured to proceed on their way, but had not advanced far before a more terrible and destructive eruption than any before took place; an account of which, taken from the lips of those who were part of the company and present in the scene, may not be an unwelcome digression.

Who acts: stones · What happens: venture, proceed, not advance, take, be, not be · To what, where: account, way, place, lips, part, unwelcome digression

This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, The Annihilation of Keoua’s Army. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (stones), 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	On	on	ADP	_	4 day	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 day	det
3	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 day	amod
4	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ventured	obl
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 ventured	nsubj
6	ventured	venture	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 proceed	mark
8	proceed	proceed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 ventured	xcomp
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 way	case
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 way	nmod:poss
11	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 proceed	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 advanced	punct
13	but	but	CCONJ	_	16 advanced	cc
14	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 advanced	aux
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 advanced	advmod
16	advanced	advance	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 ventured	conj
17	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	16 advanced	advmod
18	before	before	ADP	_	24 eruption	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 eruption	det
20	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	21 terrible	advmod
21	terrible	terrible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 eruption	amod
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 destructive	cc
23	destructive	destructive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 terrible	conj
24	eruption	eruption	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 advanced	obl
25	than	than	SCONJ	_	28 took	mark
26	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	28 took	det
27	before	before	ADV	_	28 took	advmod
28	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 advanced	advcl
29	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 took	obj
30	;	;	PUNCT	_	32 account	punct
31	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	32 account	det
32	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ventured	obl
33	of	of	ADP	_	34 which	case
34	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	36 taken	obl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 taken	punct
36	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	32 account	acl:relcl
37	from	from	ADP	_	39 lips	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 lips	det
39	lips	lip	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 taken	obl
40	of	of	ADP	_	41 those	case
41	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	39 lips	nmod
42	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	44 part	nsubj
43	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 part	cop
44	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 those	acl:relcl
45	of	of	ADP	_	47 company	case
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 company	det
47	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 part	nmod
48	and	and	CCONJ	_	49 present	cc
49	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 part	conj
50	in	in	ADP	_	52 scene	case
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 scene	det
52	scene	scene	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 present	nmod
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 digression	punct
54	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	59 digression	aux
55	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	59 digression	advmod
56	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	59 digression	cop
57	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	59 digression	det
58	unwelcome	unwelcome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 digression	amod
59	digression	digression	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ventured	parataxis
60	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 ventured	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	venture	past	stones = stone	a account		day		vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	proceed	to-infinitive	stones = stone not said here		stones's way			vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent
3	not advance	past · perfect	stones = stone not said here			before a terrible eruption	far property	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
4	take	past	stones = stone not said here	place			before property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme
5	take	participle			the lips of those		of a account	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent of which=Initial_Location
6	is a	past		part and present in the scene			of the company; who nsubj; present in the scene conj	tree rules
7	not is a	may		a unwelcome digression				tree rules

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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🌲 Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), The Annihilation of Keoua’s Army, sentence 36

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Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), The Annihilation of Keoua’s Army, sentence 36