Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Polynesian Language, sentence 36
The above was written by W. D. Alexander in Honolulu in 1865, author of the “History of the Hawaiian Islands” as preface to Andrew’s Dictionary.
Who acts: W. · What happens: write · To what, where: above, 1865
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: who acts (W.), 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 above | det |
| 2 | above | above | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 written | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 written | aux:pass |
| 4 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 W. | case |
| 6 | W. | W. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 written | obl |
| 7 | D. | D. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 W. | flat |
| 8 | Alexander | Alexander | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 W. | flat |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 Honolulu | case |
| 10 | Honolulu | Honolulu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 W. | nmod |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 1865 | case |
| 12 | 1865 | 1865 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 written | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 author | punct |
| 14 | author | author | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 written | parataxis |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 History | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 History | det |
| 17 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 History | punct |
| 18 | History | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 author | nmod |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 Islands | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 Islands | det |
| 21 | Hawaiian | Hawaiian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 Islands | compound |
| 22 | Islands | Island | PROPN | Number=Plur | 18 History | nmod |
| 23 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 author | punct |
| 24 | as | as | ADP | _ | 25 preface | case |
| 25 | preface | preface | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 written | obl |
| 26 | to | to | ADP | _ | 29 Dictionary | case |
| 27 | Andrew | Andrew | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 Dictionary | nmod:poss |
| 28 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 27 Andrew | case |
| 29 | Dictionary | Dictionary | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 preface | nmod |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 written | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | past · passive | W. in Honolulu | the above | 1865 | as preface to Andrew's Dictionary; author of the History of the Hawaiian Islands parataxis | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme in 1865=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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