Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Volcanic Activity, sentence 5
On October 3, 1833, she was tossed around in her home in a way somewhat alarming.
What happens: toss around · To what, where: Institute, 3
This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Volcanic Activity. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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 | On | on | ADP | _ | 3 3 | case |
| 2 | October | October | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 3 | nmod:unmarked |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 tossed | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 1833 | punct |
| 5 | 1833 | 1833 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 3 | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 3 | punct |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 tossed | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 tossed | aux:pass |
| 9 | tossed | toss | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | around | around | ADV | _ | 9 tossed | advmod |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 home | case |
| 12 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 home | nmod:poss |
| 13 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 tossed | obl |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 way | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 way | det |
| 16 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 tossed | obl |
| 17 | somewhat | somewhat | ADV | _ | 18 alarming | advmod |
| 18 | alarming | alarming | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 way | amod |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 tossed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | toss around | past · passive | Institute | 3 October | in Institute's home; in a way; around property | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme on 3=Destination |
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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