Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Pele and the Chiefs of Puna, sentence 92
It is said that, to show his contempt for the power of Pele, he even stood on his head and was carried safely for a time on the crest of the red rolling surf.
Who acts: cone · What happens: say, show, stand, carry · To what, where: board, contempt, head, crest · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Pele and the Chiefs of Puna. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (cone), 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 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 said | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 said | aux:pass |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 said | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 show | punct |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 show | mark |
| 7 | show | show | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 said | parataxis |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 contempt | nmod:poss |
| 9 | contempt | contempt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 show | obj |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 power | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 power | det |
| 12 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 show | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 Pele | case |
| 14 | Pele | Pele | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 power | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 stood | punct |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 stood | nsubj |
| 17 | even | even | ADV | _ | 18 stood | advmod |
| 18 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 show | parataxis |
| 19 | on | on | ADP | _ | 21 head | case |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 head | nmod:poss |
| 21 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 stood | obl |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 carried | cc |
| 23 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 carried | aux:pass |
| 24 | carried | carry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 stood | conj |
| 25 | safely | safely | ADV | _ | 24 carried | advmod |
| 26 | for | for | ADP | _ | 28 time | case |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 time | det |
| 28 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 carried | obl |
| 29 | on | on | ADP | _ | 31 crest | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 crest | det |
| 31 | crest | crest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 carried | obl |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 surf | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 surf | det |
| 34 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 surf | amod |
| 35 | rolling | rolling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 surf | compound |
| 36 | surf | surf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 crest | nmod |
| 37 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · passive | board | that obj | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme that=Manner | ||||
| 2 | show | to-infinitive | cone's contempt | for the power of Pele | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent contempt=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | stand | past | cone | cone's head | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on head=Location | ||||
| 4 | carry | past · passive | cone not said here | the crest of the red rolling surf | time | safely property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP» |
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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