Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), How Pele Came to Hawaii, sentence 13
After the care of the helpless one had been provided for, Pele was sent to her oldest brother, Ka-moho-alii, the king of dragons, or, as he was later known in Hawaiian mythology, “the god of sharks.”
Who acts: helpless one · What happens: provide, send, know, care · To what, where: Pele, oldest brother, king, Hawaiian mythology
This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, How Pele Came to Hawaii. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (helpless one), 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 | After | after | ADP | _ | 3 care | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 care | det |
| 3 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 provided | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 one | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 one | det |
| 6 | helpless | helpless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 one | amod |
| 7 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 care | nmod |
| 8 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 provided | aux |
| 9 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 10 provided | aux:pass |
| 10 | provided | provide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 provided | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 sent | punct |
| 13 | Pele | Pele | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 sent | nsubj |
| 14 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 sent | aux:pass |
| 15 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 provided | conj |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 brother | case |
| 17 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 brother | nmod:poss |
| 18 | oldest | old | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 19 brother | amod |
| 19 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 sent | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 alii | punct |
| 21 | Ka | Ka | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 alii | compound |
| 22 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 21 Ka | punct |
| 23 | moho | moho | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 alii | compound |
| 24 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 23 moho | punct |
| 25 | alii | alii | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 sent | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 king | punct |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 king | det |
| 28 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 alii | appos |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 dragons | case |
| 30 | dragons | dragon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 king | nmod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 known | punct |
| 32 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 38 known | cc |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 or | punct |
| 34 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 38 known | mark |
| 35 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 known | nsubj:pass |
| 36 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 known | aux:pass |
| 37 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 38 known | advmod |
| 38 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 sent | conj |
| 39 | in | in | ADP | _ | 41 mythology | case |
| 40 | Hawaiian | hawaiian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 mythology | amod |
| 41 | mythology | mythology | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 known | obl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 god | punct |
| 43 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 45 god | punct |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 god | det |
| 45 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 mythology | appos |
| 46 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 sharks | case |
| 47 | sharks | shark | NOUN | Number=Plur | 45 god | nmod |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 provided | punct |
| 49 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 provided | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | provide | past · perfect · passive | after the care of the helpless one | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S» | |||||
| 2 | send | past · passive | Pele | Pele's oldest brother | Ka moho alii obl | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to brother=Destination | |||
| 3 | know | past · passive | king | Hawaiian mythology | late property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | |||
| 4 | care | the helpless one | nom care «act intransitive»: of=agent |
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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