Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Pele and the Chiefs of Puna, sentence 93
Pele became very angry as she saw him fleeing from her over the lake of fire, so she called to her fire-servants, the au-makuas, or ghost-gods, of the crater, and they hurled other fire-waves across the lake against the one the chief was riding.
Who acts: Pele, cone, makuas, chief · What happens: become, see, flee, call, hurl, ride · To what, where: cone, lake, ghost gods, fire servants, other fire waves, one · 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 (Pele, cone, makuas, chief), 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 | Pele | pele | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 became | nsubj |
| 2 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | very | very | ADV | _ | 4 angry | advmod |
| 4 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 became | xcomp |
| 5 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 7 saw | mark |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 saw | nsubj |
| 7 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 angry | advcl |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 saw | obj |
| 9 | fleeing | flee | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 saw | xcomp |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 her | case |
| 11 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 fleeing | obl |
| 12 | over | over | ADP | _ | 14 lake | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 lake | det |
| 14 | lake | lake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 fleeing | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 fire | case |
| 16 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 lake | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 called | punct |
| 18 | so | so | ADV | _ | 20 called | advmod |
| 19 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 called | nsubj |
| 20 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 became | conj |
| 21 | to | to | ADP | _ | 25 servants | case |
| 22 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 servants | nmod:poss |
| 23 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 servants | compound |
| 24 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 23 fire | punct |
| 25 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 called | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 makuas | punct |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 makuas | det |
| 28 | au | au | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 makuas | compound |
| 29 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 28 au | punct |
| 30 | makuas | makua | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 servants | conj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 gods | punct |
| 32 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 35 gods | cc |
| 33 | ghost | ghost | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 gods | compound |
| 34 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 33 ghost | punct |
| 35 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 called | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 crater | punct |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 crater | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 crater | det |
| 39 | crater | crater | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 called | obl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 hurled | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 hurled | cc |
| 42 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 hurled | nsubj |
| 43 | hurled | hurl | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 became | conj |
| 44 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 waves | amod |
| 45 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 waves | compound |
| 46 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 45 fire | punct |
| 47 | waves | wave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 hurled | obj |
| 48 | across | across | ADP | _ | 50 lake | case |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 lake | det |
| 50 | lake | lake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 hurled | obl |
| 51 | against | against | ADP | _ | 53 one | case |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 one | det |
| 53 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 lake | nmod |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 chief | det |
| 55 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 riding | nsubj |
| 56 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 57 riding | aux |
| 57 | riding | ride | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 53 one | acl:relcl |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 became | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | past | Pele | angry property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | see | past | Pele | cone | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | flee | gerund | cone not said here | the lake of fire | from Pele | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from she=Initial_Location over lake=Destination | |||
| 4 | call | past | Pele | ghost gods | Pele's fire servants and the au makuas | of the crater | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to servant=Recipient | ||
| 5 | hurl | past | makuas = makua | other fire waves | the lake against the one | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wave=Theme | |||
| 6 | ride | past · progressive | the chief | the one not said here | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |
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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