Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), How Pele Came to Hawaii, sentence 58
By magic power he conquered enemies, visited strange lands, found the fountain of the water of life, sprinkled that water over his dead brothers, brought them back to life, and did many marvellous deeds.
Who acts: name · What happens: conquer, visit, find, sprinkle, bring back, do · To what, where: enemies, strange lands, fountain, water, life, many marvellous deeds
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 (name), 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 | By | by | ADP | _ | 3 power | case |
| 2 | magic | magic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 power | amod |
| 3 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 conquered | obl |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 conquered | nsubj |
| 5 | conquered | conquer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | enemies | enemy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 conquered | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 visited | punct |
| 8 | visited | visit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 conquered | conj |
| 9 | strange | strange | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 lands | amod |
| 10 | lands | land | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 visited | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 found | punct |
| 12 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 conquered | conj |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 fountain | det |
| 14 | fountain | fountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 found | obj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 water | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 water | det |
| 17 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 fountain | nmod |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 life | case |
| 19 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 water | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 sprinkled | punct |
| 21 | sprinkled | sprinkle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 conquered | conj |
| 22 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 23 water | det |
| 23 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 sprinkled | obj |
| 24 | over | over | ADP | _ | 27 brothers | case |
| 25 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 26 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 brothers | amod |
| 27 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 sprinkled | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 brought | punct |
| 29 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 conquered | conj |
| 30 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 brought | obj |
| 31 | back | back | ADV | _ | 29 brought | advmod |
| 32 | to | to | ADP | _ | 33 life | case |
| 33 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 brought | obl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 did | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 did | cc |
| 36 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 conquered | conj |
| 37 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 deeds | amod |
| 38 | marvellous | marvellous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 deeds | amod |
| 39 | deeds | deed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 did | obj |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 conquered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | conquer | past | name | enemies | by magic power | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enemy=Patient | |||
| 2 | visit | past | name not said here | strange lands | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Co-Agent | ||||
| 3 | find | past | name not said here | the fountain of the water of life | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fountain=Topic | ||||
| 4 | sprinkle | past | name not said here | that water | over name's dead brothers | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme over brother=Destination | |||
| 5 | bring back | past | name not said here | enemies = enemy | life | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to life=Destination | |||
| 6 | do | past | name not said here | many marvellous deeds | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deed=Eventuality |
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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