Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Kapiolani and Pele, sentence 28
It must be remembered that Kapiolani had been under the influence of thoughtful civilization only about three years when she decided that she would attack the idolatry which, of all idol worship, was the most firmly entrenched in the hearts of her people because it was founded on the mysterious forces of nature.
Who acts: Kapiolani, mysterious forces · What happens: remember, be, decide, attack, found · To what, where: way, influence, idolatry, idol worship, hearts · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Kapiolani and Pele. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Kapiolani, mysterious forces), 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 | must | must | 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 | _ | 11 influence | mark |
| 6 | Kapiolani | Kapiolani | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 influence | nsubj |
| 7 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 influence | aux |
| 8 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 11 influence | cop |
| 9 | under | under | ADP | _ | 11 influence | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 influence | det |
| 11 | influence | influence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 remembered | xcomp |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 civilization | case |
| 13 | thoughtful | thoughtful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 civilization | amod |
| 14 | civilization | civilization | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 influence | nmod |
| 15 | only | only | ADV | _ | 17 three | advmod |
| 16 | about | about | ADV | _ | 17 three | advmod |
| 17 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 18 years | nummod |
| 18 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 remembered | obl:unmarked |
| 19 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 21 decided | advmod |
| 20 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 decided | nsubj |
| 21 | decided | decide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 remembered | parataxis |
| 22 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 25 attack | mark |
| 23 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 attack | nsubj |
| 24 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 25 attack | aux |
| 25 | attack | attack | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 decided | ccomp |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 idolatry | det |
| 27 | idolatry | idolatry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 attack | obj |
| 28 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 39 entrenched | obj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 worship | punct |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 worship | case |
| 31 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 33 worship | det |
| 32 | idol | idol | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 worship | amod |
| 33 | worship | worship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 entrenched | nsubj:pass |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 worship | punct |
| 35 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 entrenched | cop |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 entrenched | det |
| 37 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 38 firmly | advmod |
| 38 | firmly | firmly | ADV | _ | 39 entrenched | advmod |
| 39 | entrenched | entrench | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 27 idolatry | acl:relcl |
| 40 | in | in | ADP | _ | 42 hearts | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 hearts | det |
| 42 | hearts | heart | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 entrenched | obl |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 people | case |
| 44 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 people | nmod:poss |
| 45 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 hearts | nmod |
| 46 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 49 founded | mark |
| 47 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 founded | nsubj:pass |
| 48 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 49 founded | aux:pass |
| 49 | founded | found | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 attack | advcl |
| 50 | on | on | ADP | _ | 53 forces | case |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 forces | det |
| 52 | mysterious | mysterious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 53 forces | amod |
| 53 | forces | force | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 founded | obl:agent |
| 54 | of | of | ADP | _ | 55 nature | case |
| 55 | nature | nature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 forces | nmod |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 remembered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remember | must · passive | way | year | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | past · perfect | Kapiolani | the influence | of thoughtful civilization | tree rules | |||
| 3 | decide | past | Kapiolani | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | attack | would | Kapiolani | the idolatry | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idolatry=Patient | ||||
| 5 | is | past · passive | all idol worship | the hearts of Kapiolani's people | the idolatry obj; entrench, firmly property | tree rules | |||
| 6 | found | past · passive | the mysterious forces of nature | way | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=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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