Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), How Pele Came to Hawaii, sentence 18
The god of sharks prepared his large canoe and put it in the care of some of their relatives, Kane-pu-a-hio-hio (Kane-the-whirlwind), Ke-au-miki (The-strong-current), and Ke-au-ka (Moving-seas).
Who acts: god, Ke, Ke au · What happens: prepare, put, miki, move, sea · To what, where: large canoe, canoe, care
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 (god, Ke, Ke au), 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 god | det |
| 2 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 prepared | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 sharks | case |
| 4 | sharks | shark | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 god | nmod |
| 5 | prepared | prepare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 canoe | nmod:poss |
| 7 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 canoe | amod |
| 8 | canoe | canoe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 prepared | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 put | cc |
| 10 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 prepared | conj |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 put | obj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 care | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 care | det |
| 14 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 put | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 some | case |
| 16 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 14 care | nmod |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 relatives | case |
| 18 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 relatives | nmod:poss |
| 19 | relatives | relative | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 some | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 pu | punct |
| 21 | Kane | Kane | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 pu | compound |
| 22 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 21 Kane | punct |
| 23 | pu | pu | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 relatives | conj |
| 24 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 29 hio | punct |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 hio | det |
| 26 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 25 a | punct |
| 27 | hio | hio | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 hio | compound |
| 28 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 27 hio | punct |
| 29 | hio | hio | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 pu | conj |
| 30 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 31 Kane | punct |
| 31 | Kane | Kane | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 hio | appos |
| 32 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 35 whirlwind | punct |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 whirlwind | det |
| 34 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 33 the | punct |
| 35 | whirlwind | whirlwind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 Kane | appos |
| 36 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 35 whirlwind | punct |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 miki | punct |
| 38 | Ke | Ke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 miki | nsubj |
| 39 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 38 Ke | punct |
| 40 | au | au | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 miki | compound |
| 41 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 42 miki | punct |
| 42 | miki | miki | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 Kane | appos |
| 43 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 48 current | punct |
| 44 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 current | det |
| 45 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 44 The | punct |
| 46 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 current | amod |
| 47 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 46 strong | punct |
| 48 | current | current | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 miki | appos |
| 49 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 48 current | punct |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 seas | punct |
| 51 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 60 seas | cc |
| 52 | Ke | Ke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 54 au | compound |
| 53 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 52 Ke | punct |
| 54 | au | au | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 seas | nsubj |
| 55 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 56 ka | punct |
| 56 | ka | ka | X | Foreign=Yes | 60 seas | nsubj |
| 57 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 58 Moving | punct |
| 58 | Moving | move | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 60 seas | amod |
| 59 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 58 Moving | punct |
| 60 | seas | sea | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 prepared | parataxis |
| 61 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 60 seas | punct |
| 62 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 prepared | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prepare | past | the god of sharks | god's large canoe | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent canoe=Patient | ||||
| 2 | put | infinitive | the god of sharks not said here | canoe | the care of some of sharks's relatives and Kane pu and a hio hio | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in care=Destination | |||
| 3 | miki | Ke | the strong current appos | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | move | gerund | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 5 | sea | Ke au | tree rules |
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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