Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Kapiolani and Pele, sentence 73
Kapiolani passed the priestess, went on to the crater, met Mr. Goodrich, and was much affected by the effort he had made to aid her in her attempt to break down the worship of Pele.
Who acts: Kapiolani, effort, Goodrich, Mr., Pele · What happens: pass, go on, meet, affect, make, aid · To what, where: priestess, Goodrich, effort, Mr., attempt, worship
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, effort, Goodrich, Mr.), 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 | Kapiolani | Kapiolani | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 passed | nsubj |
| 2 | passed | pass | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 priestess | det |
| 4 | priestess | priestess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 passed | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 went | punct |
| 6 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 passed | conj |
| 7 | on | on | ADV | _ | 6 went | advmod |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 crater | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 crater | det |
| 10 | crater | crater | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 went | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 met | punct |
| 12 | met | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 went | conj |
| 13 | Mr. | Mr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Goodrich | nmod:desc |
| 14 | Goodrich | Goodrich | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 met | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 affected | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 affected | cc |
| 17 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 affected | aux:pass |
| 18 | much | much | ADV | _ | 19 affected | advmod |
| 19 | affected | affect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 passed | conj |
| 20 | by | by | ADP | _ | 22 effort | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 effort | det |
| 22 | effort | effort | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 affected | obl |
| 23 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 made | nsubj |
| 24 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 made | aux |
| 25 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 22 effort | acl:relcl |
| 26 | to | to | PART | _ | 27 aid | mark |
| 27 | aid | aid | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 made | xcomp |
| 28 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 aid | obj |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 attempt | case |
| 30 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 attempt | nmod:poss |
| 31 | attempt | attempt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 aid | obl |
| 32 | to | to | PART | _ | 33 break | mark |
| 33 | break | break | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 attempt | acl |
| 34 | down | down | ADP | _ | 33 break | compound:prt |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 worship | det |
| 36 | worship | worship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 break | obj |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 Pele | case |
| 38 | Pele | Pele | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 worship | nmod |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 passed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pass | past | Kapiolani | the priestess | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme priestess=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | go on | past | Kapiolani not said here | to the crater | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | meet | past | Kapiolani not said here | Goodrich Mr. | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goodrich=Co-Agent | ||||
| 4 | affect | past · passive | the effort | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 5 | make | past · perfect | Goodrich | the effort not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | aid | to-infinitive | the effort not said here | Mr. | Mr.'s attempt | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary | |||
| 7 | break down | to-infinitive | the effort not said here | the worship of Pele | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent worship=Patient | ||||
| 8 | attempt | Mr. | nom attempt «act transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 9 | worship | Pele | nom worship «act intransitive»: of=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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