Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Polynesian Language, sentence 30
The languages of the Oceanic region have been divided into six great groups; i.e., the Polynesian; the Micronesian; the Melanesian or Papuan; the Australian; the Malaysian; the Malagasy.
What happens: divide · To what, where: languages, six great groups
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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 languages | det |
| 2 | languages | language | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 divided | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 region | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 region | det |
| 5 | Oceanic | Oceanic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 region | compound |
| 6 | region | region | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 languages | nmod |
| 7 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 divided | aux |
| 8 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 divided | aux:pass |
| 9 | divided | divide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | into | into | ADP | _ | 13 groups | case |
| 11 | six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 groups | nummod |
| 12 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 groups | amod |
| 13 | groups | group | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 divided | obl |
| 14 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 15 i.e. | punct |
| 15 | i.e. | i.e. | ADV | _ | 9 divided | parataxis |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 Polynesian | punct |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 Polynesian | det |
| 18 | Polynesian | Polynesian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 i.e. | nmod:unmarked |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 Micronesian | punct |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 Micronesian | det |
| 21 | Micronesian | Micronesian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 divided | obl |
| 22 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 24 Melanesian | punct |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 Melanesian | det |
| 24 | Melanesian | Melanesian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 divided | obl |
| 25 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 26 Papuan | cc |
| 26 | Papuan | Papuan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 Melanesian | conj |
| 27 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 29 Australian | punct |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 Australian | det |
| 29 | Australian | Australian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 divided | parataxis |
| 30 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 32 Malaysian | punct |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 Malaysian | det |
| 32 | Malaysian | Malaysian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 divided | conj |
| 33 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 35 Malagasy | punct |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 Malagasy | det |
| 35 | Malagasy | Malagasy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 divided | obl |
| 36 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 divided | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | divide | present · perfect · passive | the languages of the Oceanic region | six great groups | the Micronesian obl; the Melanesian or Papuan obl; the Malagasy obl | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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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