Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Kapiolani and Pele, sentence 84

There was the strong, brave convert to Christianity standing above the open lake of fire, the red glowing lava rolling in waves below, with rough blocks of hardened lava on every side, the locks (Pele’s hair) of the fire-goddess, torn out and whirling around in the air, the timid fearful faces of the people and their attitude of terror and anxiety showing the half-hope that the tabu might be broken and the half-dread lest the evil spirit might breathe fire upon them and destroy them at once.

Who acts: strong brave convert, red glowing lava, anxiety, half dread · What happens: be, stand, glow, roll, harden, tear out · To what, where: open lake, waves, air, half hope, tabu, fire

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 (strong brave convert, red glowing lava, anxiety, half dread), 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	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 was	expl
2	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 convert	det
4	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 convert	amod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 strong	punct
6	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 convert	amod
7	convert	convert	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 was	nsubj
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 Christianity	case
9	Christianity	Christianity	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 convert	nmod
10	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 convert	acl
11	above	above	ADP	_	14 lake	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 lake	det
13	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 lake	amod
14	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 standing	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 fire	case
16	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 lake	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 lava	punct
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 lava	det
19	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 lava	amod
20	glowing	glow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	21 lava	amod
21	lava	lava	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 lake	conj
22	rolling	roll	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	21 lava	acl
23	in	in	ADP	_	24 waves	case
24	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 rolling	obl
25	below	below	ADV	_	22 rolling	advmod
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 blocks	punct
27	with	with	ADP	_	29 blocks	case
28	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 blocks	amod
29	blocks	block	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 standing	obl
30	of	of	ADP	_	32 lava	case
31	hardened	harden	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	32 lava	amod
32	lava	lava	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 blocks	nmod
33	on	on	ADP	_	35 side	case
34	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	35 side	det
35	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 lava	nmod
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 locks	punct
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 locks	det
38	locks	lock	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 blocks	conj
39	(	(	PUNCT	_	42 hair	punct
40	Pele	Pele	PROPN	Number=Sing	42 hair	nmod:poss
41	’s	's	PART	_	40 Pele	case
42	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 locks	appos
43	)	)	PUNCT	_	42 hair	punct
44	of	of	ADP	_	48 goddess	case
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 goddess	det
46	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 goddess	compound
47	-	-	PUNCT	_	46 fire	punct
48	goddess	goddess	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 hair	nmod
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 torn	punct
50	torn	tear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	42 hair	parataxis
51	out	out	ADP	_	50 torn	compound:prt
52	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 whirling	cc
53	whirling	whirl	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	50 torn	conj
54	around	around	ADV	_	53 whirling	advmod
55	in	in	ADP	_	57 air	case
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 air	det
57	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 whirling	obl
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 faces	punct
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 faces	det
60	timid	timid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 faces	amod
61	fearful	fearful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 faces	amod
62	faces	face	NOUN	Number=Plur	57 air	nmod
63	of	of	ADP	_	65 people	case
64	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 people	det
65	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	62 faces	nmod
66	and	and	CCONJ	_	68 attitude	cc
67	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	68 attitude	nmod:poss
68	attitude	attitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 people	conj
69	of	of	ADP	_	70 terror	case
70	terror	terror	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 attitude	nmod
71	and	and	CCONJ	_	72 anxiety	cc
72	anxiety	anxiety	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 terror	conj
73	showing	show	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	72 anxiety	acl
74	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	77 hope	det
75	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	77 hope	compound
76	-	-	PUNCT	_	75 half	punct
77	hope	hope	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 showing	obj
78	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	83 broken	obj
79	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	80 tabu	det
80	tabu	tabu	NOUN	Number=Sing	83 broken	nsubj:pass
81	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	83 broken	aux
82	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	83 broken	aux:pass
83	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	77 hope	acl:relcl
84	and	and	CCONJ	_	94 breathe	cc
85	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	88 dread	det
86	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	88 dread	compound
87	-	-	PUNCT	_	86 half	punct
88	dread	dread	NOUN	Number=Sing	94 breathe	nsubj
89	lest	lest	SCONJ	_	92 spirit	case
90	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	92 spirit	det
91	evil	evil	NOUN	Number=Sing	92 spirit	compound
92	spirit	spirit	NOUN	Number=Sing	88 dread	nmod
93	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	94 breathe	aux
94	breathe	breathe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	83 broken	conj
95	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	94 breathe	obj
96	upon	upon	ADP	_	97 them	case
97	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	94 breathe	obl
98	and	and	CCONJ	_	99 destroy	cc
99	destroy	destroy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	94 breathe	conj
100	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	99 destroy	obj
101	at	at	ADP	_	102 once	case
102	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	99 destroy	obl
103	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 was	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	be	past	the strong brave convert to Christianity		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stand	gerund	the strong brave convert to Christianity not said here		the open lake of fire and the red glowing lava	with rough blocks of hardened lava on every side and the locks	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent above lake=Location
3	glow	gerund					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	roll	gerund	the red glowing lava not said here		waves	below property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wave=Trajectory
5	harden	participle					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
6	tear out	participle					vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	whirl around	gerund			the air the timid fearful faces of the people and waves's attitude of terror and anxiety	around property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in air=Trajectory
8	show	gerund	anxiety not said here	the half hope			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent hope=Recipient
9	break	might · passive		the tabu		the half hope obj	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Patient that=Result
10	breathe	might	the half dread lest the evil spirit	fire		upon waves = wave	vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Theme
11	destroy	infinitive	the half dread lest the evil spirit not said here	waves = wave			vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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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Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Kapiolani and Pele, sentence 84