Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Na Puu O Pele, sentence 27
That summer day, on the lava of long ago, so long ago that its date is not recorded, we heard the story of the chiefs of Kahuku and the fiery and voluptuous goddess of the volcanic forces of the Hawaiian Islands.
Who acts: we · What happens: not record, hear · To what, where: date, story
This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Na Puu O Pele. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we), 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 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 day | det |
| 2 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 day | compound |
| 3 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 heard | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 lava | punct |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 lava | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 lava | det |
| 7 | lava | lava | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 day | appos |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 ago | case |
| 9 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 10 ago | advmod |
| 10 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 7 lava | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 ago | punct |
| 12 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 ago | advmod |
| 13 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 14 ago | advmod |
| 14 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 23 heard | advmod |
| 15 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 20 recorded | mark |
| 16 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 date | nmod:poss |
| 17 | date | date | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 recorded | nsubj:pass |
| 18 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 recorded | aux:pass |
| 19 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 20 recorded | advmod |
| 20 | recorded | record | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 23 heard | advcl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 recorded | punct |
| 22 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 23 heard | nsubj |
| 23 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 story | det |
| 25 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 heard | obj |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 chiefs | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 chiefs | det |
| 28 | chiefs | chief | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 story | nmod |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 Kahuku | case |
| 30 | Kahuku | Kahuku | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 chiefs | nmod |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 goddess | cc |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 goddess | det |
| 33 | fiery | fiery | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 goddess | amod |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 voluptuous | cc |
| 35 | voluptuous | voluptuous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 fiery | conj |
| 36 | goddess | goddess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 chiefs | conj |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 forces | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 forces | det |
| 39 | volcanic | volcanic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 forces | amod |
| 40 | forces | force | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 goddess | nmod |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 Islands | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 Islands | det |
| 43 | Hawaiian | Hawaiian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 Islands | compound |
| 44 | Islands | Island | PROPN | Number=Plur | 40 forces | nmod |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 23 heard | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not record | present · passive | lava's date | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | hear | past | we | the story of the chiefs of Kahuku and the fiery goddess of the volcanic forces of the Hawaiian Islands | day | ago property | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus |
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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