Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), How Pele Came to Hawaii, sentence 49
They probably did not understand that Ku-waha-ilo might mean destructive earth forces, and Haumea might mean the earth itself from whom Pele, the goddess of fire, and Na-maka-o-ka-hai, the goddess of the sea, were born.
Who acts: Hawaiians, waha ilo, Haumea, Pele · What happens: not understand, mean, bear · To what, where: destructive earth forces, earth, Na
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 (Hawaiians, waha ilo, Haumea, Pele), 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 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 understand | nsubj |
| 2 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 5 understand | advmod |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 understand | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 understand | advmod |
| 5 | understand | understand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 13 mean | mark |
| 7 | Ku | Ku | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 waha | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 Ku | punct |
| 9 | waha | waha | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 ilo | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 waha | punct |
| 11 | ilo | ilo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 mean | nsubj |
| 12 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 mean | aux |
| 13 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 understand | advcl |
| 14 | destructive | destructive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 forces | amod |
| 15 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 forces | compound |
| 16 | forces | force | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 mean | obj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 mean | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 mean | cc |
| 19 | Haumea | Haumea | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 mean | nsubj |
| 20 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 21 mean | aux |
| 21 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 understand | conj |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 earth | det |
| 23 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 mean | obj |
| 24 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 23 earth | nmod:unmarked |
| 25 | from | from | ADP | _ | 26 whom | case |
| 26 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 earth | nmod |
| 27 | Pele | Pele | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 whom | nsubj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 goddess | punct |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 goddess | det |
| 30 | goddess | goddess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 Pele | appos |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 fire | case |
| 32 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 goddess | nmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 born | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 52 born | cc |
| 35 | Na | Na | PROPN | Number=Sing | 52 born | nsubj:pass |
| 36 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 35 Na | punct |
| 37 | maka | maka | X | Foreign=Yes | 35 Na | flat |
| 38 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 41 ka | punct |
| 39 | o | of | ADP | Abbr=Yes | 41 ka | case |
| 40 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 39 o | punct |
| 41 | ka | ka | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 Na | appos |
| 42 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 43 hai | punct |
| 43 | hai | Hai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 ka | appos |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 goddess | punct |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 goddess | det |
| 46 | goddess | goddess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 hai | appos |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 sea | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 sea | det |
| 49 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 goddess | nmod |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 Na | punct |
| 51 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 52 born | aux:pass |
| 52 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 27 Pele | acl:relcl |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 understand | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not understand | past · do-support | Hawaiians = hawaiian | probably property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | mean | might | waha ilo | destructive earth forces | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent force=Topic | ||||
| 3 | mean | might | Haumea | the earth ilo | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent earth=Topic | ||||
| 4 | bear | past · passive | Pele not said here | Na | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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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