Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Destruction of Kamehameha’s Fish-ponds, sentence 63
It should be remembered that in recent years, when a lava flow came down on the city of Hilo, threatening its destruction, Princess Ruth, one of the last of the Kamehameha family, went from Honolulu to Hilo and up to the river of lava with the feeling that a Kamehameha who was under the especial protection of Pele could intercede for the welfare of the people.
Who acts: lava flow, Kamehameha, fire · What happens: remember, come down, threaten, go, be, intercede · To what, where: fire, city, destruction, Hilo, Honolulu, especial protection
This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Destruction of Kamehameha’s Fish-ponds. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (lava flow, Kamehameha, fire), 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 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 remembered | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 remembered | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 remembered | aux:pass |
| 4 | remembered | remember | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 4 remembered | obl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 years | case |
| 7 | recent | recent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 years | amod |
| 8 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 remembered | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 came | punct |
| 10 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 14 came | mark |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 flow | det |
| 12 | lava | lava | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 flow | compound |
| 13 | flow | flow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 came | nsubj |
| 14 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 remembered | parataxis |
| 15 | down | down | ADV | _ | 14 came | advmod |
| 16 | on | on | ADP | _ | 18 city | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 city | det |
| 18 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 came | obl |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 Hilo | case |
| 20 | Hilo | Hilo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 city | nmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 threatening | punct |
| 22 | threatening | threaten | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 came | advcl |
| 23 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 destruction | nmod:poss |
| 24 | destruction | destruction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 threatening | obj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 Ruth | punct |
| 26 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 Ruth | compound |
| 27 | Ruth | Ruth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 destruction | appos |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 one | punct |
| 29 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 24 destruction | appos |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 last | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 last | det |
| 32 | last | last | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 one | nmod |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 family | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 family | det |
| 35 | Kamehameha | Kamehameha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 family | compound |
| 36 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 last | nmod |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 went | punct |
| 38 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 came | conj |
| 39 | from | from | ADP | _ | 40 Honolulu | case |
| 40 | Honolulu | Honolulu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 went | obl |
| 41 | to | to | ADP | _ | 42 Hilo | case |
| 42 | Hilo | Hilo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 went | obl |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 river | cc |
| 44 | up | up | ADV | _ | 47 river | advmod |
| 45 | to | to | ADP | _ | 47 river | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 river | det |
| 47 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 Hilo | conj |
| 48 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 lava | case |
| 49 | lava | lava | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 river | nmod |
| 50 | with | with | ADP | _ | 52 feeling | case |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 feeling | det |
| 52 | feeling | feeling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 lava | nmod |
| 53 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 65 intercede | mark |
| 54 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 55 Kamehameha | det |
| 55 | Kamehameha | Kamehameha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 65 intercede | nsubj |
| 56 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 61 protection | nsubj |
| 57 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 61 protection | cop |
| 58 | under | under | ADP | _ | 61 protection | case |
| 59 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 61 protection | det |
| 60 | especial | especial | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 61 protection | amod |
| 61 | protection | protection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 Kamehameha | acl:relcl |
| 62 | of | of | ADP | _ | 63 Pele | case |
| 63 | Pele | Pele | PROPN | Number=Sing | 61 protection | nmod |
| 64 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 65 intercede | aux |
| 65 | intercede | intercede | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 52 feeling | acl |
| 66 | for | for | ADP | _ | 68 welfare | case |
| 67 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 68 welfare | det |
| 68 | welfare | welfare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 intercede | obl |
| 69 | of | of | ADP | _ | 71 people | case |
| 70 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 71 people | det |
| 71 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 68 welfare | nmod |
| 72 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 remembered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remember | should · passive | fire | year | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | come down | past | a lava flow | the city of Hilo | down property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on city=Location | |||
| 3 | threaten | gerund | a lava flow not said here | fire's destruction | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus destruction=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | go | past | a lava flow not said here | Hilo and the river of lava with the feeling | Honolulu | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from honolulu=Initial_Location to hilo=Destination | |||
| 5 | is | past | a Kamehameha | the especial protection | of Pele | tree rules | |||
| 6 | intercede | could | a Kamehameha | the feeling not said here | for the welfare of the people | tree rules | |||
| 7 | destroy | fire | nom destruction «act 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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