Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Polynesian Language, sentence 1
“A few words should be added on the peculiar genius and structure of the Polynesian language in general and of the Hawaiian dialect in particular.
What happens: add · To what, where: few words, peculiar genius
This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Polynesian Language. 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 added | punct |
| 2 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 words | det |
| 3 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 words | amod |
| 4 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 added | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 added | aux |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 added | aux:pass |
| 7 | added | add | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 genius | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 genius | det |
| 10 | peculiar | peculiar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 genius | compound |
| 11 | genius | genius | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 added | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 structure | cc |
| 13 | structure | structure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 genius | conj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 language | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 language | det |
| 16 | Polynesian | polynesian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 language | amod |
| 17 | language | language | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 structure | nmod |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 general | case |
| 19 | general | general | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 language | nmod |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 dialect | cc |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 dialect | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 dialect | det |
| 23 | Hawaiian | hawaiian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 dialect | amod |
| 24 | dialect | dialect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 language | conj |
| 25 | in | in | ADP | _ | 26 particular | case |
| 26 | particular | particular | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 dialect | nmod |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 added | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | add speech: assert in a quote | should · passive | a few words | the peculiar genius and structure of the Polynesian language in general and the Hawaiian dialect in particular | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: 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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