Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), The Annihilation of Keoua’s Army, sentence 51
In those perilous circumstances, the surviving party did not even stay to bewail their fate, but, leaving their deceased companions as they found them, hurried on and overtook the company in advance at the place of their encampment.’
Who acts: surviving party, parties · What happens: survive, not stay, bewail, leave, decease, find · To what, where: perilous circumstances, fate, deceased companions, companions, company, advance
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 (surviving party, parties), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 circumstances | case |
| 2 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 4 circumstances | det |
| 3 | perilous | perilous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 circumstances | amod |
| 4 | circumstances | circumstance | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 stay | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 circumstances | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 party | det |
| 7 | surviving | survive | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 party | amod |
| 8 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 stay | nsubj |
| 9 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 stay | aux |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 stay | advmod |
| 11 | even | even | ADV | _ | 12 stay | advmod |
| 12 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 bewail | mark |
| 14 | bewail | bewail | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 stay | xcomp |
| 15 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 fate | nmod:poss |
| 16 | fate | fate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 bewail | obj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 leaving | punct |
| 18 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 20 leaving | cc |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 leaving | punct |
| 20 | leaving | leave | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 stay | advcl |
| 21 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 companions | nmod:poss |
| 22 | deceased | decease | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 23 companions | amod |
| 23 | companions | companion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 leaving | obj |
| 24 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 26 found | mark |
| 25 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 found | nsubj |
| 26 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 leaving | advcl |
| 27 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 found | obj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 hurried | punct |
| 29 | hurried | hurry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 stay | parataxis |
| 30 | on | on | ADP | _ | 29 hurried | compound:prt |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 overtook | cc |
| 32 | overtook | overtake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 hurried | conj |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 company | det |
| 34 | company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 overtook | obj |
| 35 | in | in | ADP | _ | 36 advance | case |
| 36 | advance | advance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 company | nmod |
| 37 | at | at | ADP | _ | 39 place | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 place | det |
| 39 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 overtook | obl |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 encampment | case |
| 41 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 encampment | nmod:poss |
| 42 | encampment | encampment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 place | nmod |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 stay | punct |
| 44 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 12 stay | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | survive | gerund | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | not stay | past · do-support | the surviving party | that perilous circumstances | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | bewail | to-infinitive | the surviving party not said here | parties's fate | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fate=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | leave | gerund | the surviving party not said here | parties's deceased companions | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent companion=Theme | ||||
| 5 | decease | participle | vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 6 | find | past | parties = party | companions = companion | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic | ||||
| 7 | hurry on | participle | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 8 | overtake | past | the company | advance | at the place of parties's encampment | tree rules | |||
| 9 | fate | parties = party | nom fate «event transitive»: poss=agent |
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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