--- title: The demi-god Maui is said to have noticed how close the sky or cloud… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: The demi-god Maui is said to have noticed how close the sky or clouds came to the earth, and then pushed the sky up until his mother could have room to dry the cloth she was making and the plants have space in which to grow. Who acts: demi god, mother, cloth, plants. 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D. Westervelt, The Red Mouth Gun. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (demi god, mother, cloth, plants), 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:pg66357:17:40 # text = The demi-god Maui is said to have noticed how close the sky or clouds came to the earth, and then pushed the sky up until his mother could have room to dry the cloth she was making and the plants have space in which to grow. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 demi demi NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 5 Maui Maui PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 9 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 aux _ _ 10 noticed notice VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 xcomp _ _ 11 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 12 close close VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 or or CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ _ 17 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ _ 24 pushed push VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 up up ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 28 until until SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 31 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 33 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 dry dry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 acl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 ccomp _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 plants plant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj _ _ 44 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 45 space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 nsubj _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · passive | the demi god *not said here* | Maui | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **notice** | to-infinitive · perfect | the demi god *not said here* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **close** | infinitive | the demi god *not said here* | the sky or clouds | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sky=Patient | | 4 | **come** | past | the demi god | | | the earth | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to earth=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **push up** | past | the demi god *not said here* | the sky | | | then | | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sky=Theme | | 6 | **have** | could | god's mother | room | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Patient | | 7 | **dry** | to-infinitive | god's mother *not said here* | room *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **make** | past · progressive | the cloth | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 9 | **have** | present | the plants | space | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent space=Patient | | 10 | **grow** | to-infinitive | space | space *not said here* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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 Historical Legends» by W. 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