Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), The Annihilation of Keoua’s Army, sentence 45

‘The rear body, which was nearest the volcano at the time of the eruption, seemed to suffer the least injury, and after the earthquake and shower of sand had passed over, hastened forward to escape the dangers which threatened them, and rejoicing in mutual congratulations that they had been preserved in the midst of such imminent peril.

Who acts: rear body, dangers · What happens: be, seem, suffer, pass over, hasten, escape · To what, where: least injury, dangers, mutual congratulations, midst

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 (rear body, dangers), 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	‘	'	PUNCT	_	18 seemed	punct
2	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 body	det
3	rear	rear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 body	amod
4	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 seemed	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 volcano	punct
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 volcano	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 volcano	cop
8	nearest	nearest	ADP	_	10 volcano	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 volcano	det
10	volcano	volcano	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 body	appos
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 time	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 time	det
13	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 volcano	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 eruption	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 eruption	det
16	eruption	eruption	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 time	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 body	punct
18	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
19	to	to	PART	_	20 suffer	mark
20	suffer	suffer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 seemed	xcomp
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 injury	det
22	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	23 injury	amod
23	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 suffer	obj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 passed	punct
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 passed	cc
26	after	after	ADP	_	28 earthquake	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 earthquake	det
28	earthquake	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 passed	obl
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 shower	cc
30	shower	shower	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 earthquake	conj
31	of	of	ADP	_	32 sand	case
32	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 shower	nmod
33	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 passed	aux
34	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	18 seemed	conj
35	over	over	ADV	_	34 passed	advmod
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 hastened	punct
37	hastened	hasten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	34 passed	conj
38	forward	forward	ADV	_	37 hastened	advmod
39	to	to	PART	_	40 escape	mark
40	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	37 hastened	advcl
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 dangers	det
42	dangers	danger	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 escape	obj
43	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	44 threatened	nsubj
44	threatened	threaten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 dangers	acl:relcl
45	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 threatened	obj
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 rejoicing	punct
47	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 rejoicing	cc
48	rejoicing	rejoice	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 seemed	advcl
49	in	in	ADP	_	51 congratulations	case
50	mutual	mutual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 congratulations	amod
51	congratulations	congratulation	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 rejoicing	obl
52	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	56 preserved	nsubj:pass
53	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 preserved	nsubj:pass
54	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 preserved	aux
55	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	56 preserved	aux:pass
56	preserved	preserve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	51 congratulations	acl:relcl
57	in	in	ADP	_	59 midst	case
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 midst	det
59	midst	midst	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 preserved	obl
60	of	of	ADP	_	63 peril	case
61	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	63 peril	amod
62	imminent	imminent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	63 peril	amod
63	peril	peril	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 midst	nmod
64	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 seemed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the rear body			time	nearest the volcano	tree rules
2	seem	past	the rear body					vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute
3	suffer	to-infinitive	the rear body not said here	the least injury				vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer injury=Stimulus
4	pass over	past · perfect	the rear body not said here			after the earthquake and shower of sand	over property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	hasten	participle	the rear body not said here				forward property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
6	escape	to-infinitive	the rear body not said here	the dangers				vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme danger=Initial_Location
7	threaten	past	the dangers	dangers = danger				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer
8	rejoice	gerund	the rear body not said here		mutual congratulations			vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
9	preserve	past · perfect · passive		mutual congratulations	the midst of such imminent peril		dangers = danger nsubj:pass	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary

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 45

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Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), The Annihilation of Keoua’s Army, sentence 45