Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Ai-laau, the Forest Eater, sentence 22
In one of the Pele stories is the following literal translation of the account of her taking Kilauea:
Who acts: one, account · What happens: follow, be, take · To what, where: Kilauea
This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Ai-laau, the Forest Eater. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one, account), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 one | case |
| 2 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 translation | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 stories | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 stories | det |
| 5 | Pele | Pele | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 stories | compound |
| 6 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 one | nmod |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 translation | cop |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 translation | det |
| 9 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 translation | case |
| 10 | literal | literal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 translation | amod |
| 11 | translation | translation | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 account | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 account | det |
| 14 | account | account | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 translation | nmod |
| 15 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 17 taking | mark |
| 16 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 taking | nmod:poss |
| 17 | taking | take | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 14 account | acl |
| 18 | Kilauea | Kilauea | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 taking | obj |
| 19 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 translation | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | one of the Pele stories | follow the literal translation; of the account | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | take | gerund | the account not said here | Kilauea | Pele nmod:poss | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument kilauea=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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