Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Na Puu O Pele, sentence 45
At last a warning came that this beautiful stranger might be the goddess Pele from the other side of the island; that her home was in Halemaumau (The continuing house) of the volcano Kilauea; her attendants the always leaping flames; the caves filled with rolling waves of fire her dwelling-rooms; that she carried the control of the fires of the underworld with her wherever she went.
Who acts: beautiful stranger, home, Halemaumau · What happens: come, be, leap, fill, carry, go · To what, where: last warning, goddess, Halemaumau, caves, control, fire
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 (beautiful stranger, home, Halemaumau), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 4 warning | case |
| 2 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 warning | amod |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 warning | det |
| 4 | warning | warning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 came | obl |
| 5 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 13 goddess | mark |
| 7 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 stranger | det |
| 8 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 stranger | amod |
| 9 | stranger | stranger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 goddess | nsubj |
| 10 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 goddess | aux |
| 11 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 13 goddess | cop |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 goddess | det |
| 13 | goddess | goddess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 came | advcl |
| 14 | Pele | Pele | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 goddess | appos |
| 15 | from | from | ADP | _ | 18 side | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 side | det |
| 17 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 side | amod |
| 18 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 came | obl |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 island | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 island | det |
| 21 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 side | nmod |
| 22 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 61 carried | punct |
| 23 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 61 carried | mark |
| 24 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 home | nmod:poss |
| 25 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 Halemaumau | nsubj |
| 26 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 Halemaumau | cop |
| 27 | in | in | ADP | _ | 28 Halemaumau | case |
| 28 | Halemaumau | Halemaumau | PROPN | Number=Sing | 61 carried | nsubj |
| 29 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 32 house | punct |
| 30 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 house | det |
| 31 | continuing | continuing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 house | compound |
| 32 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 Halemaumau | appos |
| 33 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 32 house | punct |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 volcano | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 volcano | det |
| 36 | volcano | volcano | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 house | nmod |
| 37 | Kilauea | Kilauea | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 volcano | appos |
| 38 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 40 attendants | punct |
| 39 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 attendants | nmod:poss |
| 40 | attendants | attendant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 house | conj |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 flames | det |
| 42 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 43 leaping | advmod |
| 43 | leaping | leap | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 44 flames | amod |
| 44 | flames | flame | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 attendants | nmod |
| 45 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 47 caves | punct |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 caves | det |
| 47 | caves | cave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 Halemaumau | appos |
| 48 | filled | fill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 47 caves | acl |
| 49 | with | with | ADP | _ | 51 waves | case |
| 50 | rolling | rolling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 waves | compound |
| 51 | waves | wave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 filled | obl |
| 52 | of | of | ADP | _ | 53 fire | case |
| 53 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 waves | nmod |
| 54 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 57 rooms | nmod:poss |
| 55 | dwelling | dwelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 rooms | compound |
| 56 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 55 dwelling | punct |
| 57 | rooms | room | NOUN | Number=Plur | 53 fire | obj |
| 58 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 61 carried | punct |
| 59 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 61 carried | nsubj |
| 60 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 61 carried | nsubj |
| 61 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 came | parataxis |
| 62 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 63 control | det |
| 63 | control | control | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 carried | obj |
| 64 | of | of | ADP | _ | 66 fires | case |
| 65 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 66 fires | det |
| 66 | fires | fire | NOUN | Number=Plur | 63 control | nmod |
| 67 | of | of | ADP | _ | 69 underworld | case |
| 68 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 69 underworld | det |
| 69 | underworld | underworld | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 fires | nmod |
| 70 | with | with | SCONJ | _ | 74 went | mark |
| 71 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 74 went | nmod:poss |
| 72 | wherever | wherever | ADV | PronType=Int | 74 went | advmod |
| 73 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 74 went | nsubj |
| 74 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 61 carried | advcl |
| 75 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | a last warning | from the other side of the island | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from side=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | is a | might | this beautiful stranger | the goddess | Pele appos | tree rules | |||
| 3 | is | past | Pele's home | Halemaumau | the continuing house of the volcano and Pele's attendants the leaping flames appos; the caves appos | tree rules | |||
| 4 | leap | gerund | always property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | fill | participle | the caves not said here | with rolling waves of fire Pele's dwelling rooms | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with wave=Instrument | ||||
| 6 | carry | past | Halemaumau | the control of the fires of the underworld | that nsubj | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent control=Theme | |||
| 7 | go | past | Halemaumau | Pele nmod:poss; wherever property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 8 | wave | fire Pele's dwelling rooms | nom wave «event transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 9 | fire | the underworld | nom fire «event transitive»: of=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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