Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Hawaiian Volcanoes, sentence 7
These usually are ascribed to the fire-goddess Pele, who came to the Hawaiian group ages after the islands were built, and who only succeeded in starting eruptions of no great importance until she found her present home in the volcano Kilauea.
Who acts: fire goddess, Pele, great importance · What happens: ascribe, come, build, succeed, start, find · To what, where: These, group ages, islands, starting eruptions, present home, volcano
This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Hawaiian Volcanoes. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fire goddess, Pele, great importance), 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 | These | this | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 4 ascribed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | usually | usually | ADV | _ | 4 ascribed | advmod |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 ascribed | aux:pass |
| 4 | ascribed | ascribe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 goddess | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 goddess | det |
| 7 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 goddess | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 fire | punct |
| 9 | goddess | goddess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ascribed | obl |
| 10 | Pele | Pele | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 goddess | appos |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 came | punct |
| 12 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 came | nsubj |
| 13 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 goddess | parataxis |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 ages | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 ages | det |
| 16 | Hawaiian | Hawaiian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 group | compound |
| 17 | group | group | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 ages | compound |
| 18 | ages | age | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 came | obl |
| 19 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 23 built | mark |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 islands | det |
| 21 | islands | island | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 built | nsubj:pass |
| 22 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 built | aux:pass |
| 23 | built | build | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 came | advcl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 succeeded | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 succeeded | cc |
| 26 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 28 succeeded | nsubj |
| 27 | only | only | ADV | _ | 28 succeeded | advmod |
| 28 | succeeded | succeed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 ascribed | conj |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 eruptions | case |
| 30 | starting | start | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 31 eruptions | amod |
| 31 | eruptions | eruption | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 succeeded | obl |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 importance | case |
| 33 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 35 importance | det |
| 34 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 importance | amod |
| 35 | importance | importance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 eruptions | nmod |
| 36 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 38 found | mark |
| 37 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 found | nsubj |
| 38 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 succeeded | advcl |
| 39 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 home | nmod:poss |
| 40 | present | present | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 home | amod |
| 41 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 found | obj |
| 42 | in | in | ADP | _ | 44 volcano | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 volcano | det |
| 44 | volcano | volcano | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 found | obl |
| 45 | Kilauea | Kilauea | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 volcano | appos |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 ascribed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascribe | present · passive | These | to the fire goddess; usually property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | come | past | the fire goddess | to the group ages | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to age=Initial_Location | ||||
| 3 | build | past · passive | the islands | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | |||||
| 4 | succeed | past | starting eruptions of no great importance | who nsubj | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S_ING»: agent=Agent in eruption=Eventuality | ||||
| 5 | start | gerund | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||||
| 6 | find | past | Pele | Pele's present home | the volcano | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Topic | |||
| 7 | erupt | no great importance | nom eruption «event 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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