--- title: Where the slopes were sufficiently gradual some of the chiefs chose… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: Where the slopes were sufficiently gradual some of the chiefs chose the slower ride, but took it in a standing position, when the dangers would be intensified, a broken sled being accompanied by broken limbs or a broken neck. Who acts: slopes, some, broken limbs. A sentence of «Hawaiian Historical L --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/7/173/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Hawaiian Historical Legends](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/) / [The Sons of Kii](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/7/) / 173 # Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Sons of Kii, sentence 173 Where the slopes were sufficiently gradual some of the chiefs chose the slower ride, but took it in a standing position, when the dangers would be intensified, a broken sled being accompanied by broken limbs or a broken neck. **Who acts:** slopes, some, broken limbs · **What happens:** be, choose, take, intensify, break, accompany · **To what, where:** slower ride, ride, standing position, dangers, broken sled This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, The Sons of Kii. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (slopes, some, broken limbs), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg66357:7:173 # text = Where the slopes were sufficiently gradual some of the chiefs chose the slower ride, but took it in a standing position, when the dangers would be intensified, a broken sled being accompanied by broken limbs or a broken neck. 1 Where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 slopes slope NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 sufficiently sufficiently ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 gradual gradual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 advcl _ _ 7 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 11 nsubj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 chiefs chief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 11 chose choose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 slower slow ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 14 amod _ _ 14 ride ride NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 standing standing NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 position position NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 29 advmod _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 dangers danger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 intensified intensify VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 amod _ _ 33 sled sled NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 accompanied accompany VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 advcl _ _ 36 by by ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 amod _ _ 38 limbs limb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 39 or or CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 broken broken ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the slopes | | | | | gradual, sufficiently *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **choose** | past | some of the chiefs | the slower ride | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ride=Theme | | 3 | **take** | past | some of the chiefs *not said here* | ride | | a standing position | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Value in position=Location | | 4 | **intensify** | would · passive | | the dangers | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **break** | participle | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **accompany** | gerund · passive | broken limbs or a broken neck | a broken sled | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 7 | **break** | participle | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, Project Gutenberg book 66357 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 172](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/7/172/) - next →: [sentence 174](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/7/174/) - ↑ back to [The Sons of Kii](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/7/)