Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Pele and the Owl Ghost-god, sentence 19
Just as he was becoming too weary to move, his wife, who had followed him, hurled rocks, striking the giant’s face, then seizing her husband fled with him homeward.
Who acts: Kau, husband · What happens: become, move, follow, hurl, strike, seize · To what, where: wife, rocks, face, homeward
This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Pele and the Owl Ghost-god. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Kau, husband), 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 | Just | just | ADV | _ | 5 becoming | advmod |
| 2 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 5 becoming | mark |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 becoming | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 becoming | aux |
| 5 | becoming | become | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 19 hurled | advcl |
| 6 | too | too | ADV | _ | 7 weary | advmod |
| 7 | weary | weary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 becoming | xcomp |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 move | mark |
| 9 | move | move | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 weary | xcomp |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 wife | punct |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 wife | nmod:poss |
| 12 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 move | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 followed | punct |
| 14 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 followed | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 followed | aux |
| 16 | followed | follow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 wife | acl:relcl |
| 17 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 followed | obj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 becoming | punct |
| 19 | hurled | hurl | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 20 | rocks | rock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 hurled | obj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 striking | punct |
| 22 | striking | strike | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 19 hurled | advcl |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 giant | det |
| 24 | giant | giant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 face | nmod:poss |
| 25 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 24 giant | case |
| 26 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 striking | obj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 seizing | punct |
| 28 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 29 seizing | advmod |
| 29 | seizing | seize | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 22 striking | conj |
| 30 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 husband | nmod:poss |
| 31 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 fled | nsubj |
| 32 | fled | flee | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 seizing | ccomp |
| 33 | with | with | ADP | _ | 34 him | case |
| 34 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 fled | obl |
| 35 | homeward | homeward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 fled | obj |
| 36 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 hurled | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | past · progressive | Kau | weary property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | move | to-infinitive | Kau not said here | Kau's wife | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | follow | past · perfect · passive | Kau's wife | Kau obj | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP.attribute»: subject=Theme he=Attribute | ||||
| 4 | hurl | past | rocks | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rock=Theme | |||||
| 5 | strike | gerund | the giant's face | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient | |||||
| 6 | seize | gerund | then | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | flee | past | giant's husband | homeward | with Kau | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme homeward=Initial_Location |
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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