--- title: Maui replied: “If you laugh at me when I have only entered her stoma… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: Maui replied: “If you laugh at me when I have only entered her stomach I shall be killed, but if I have passed through her and come out of her mouth I shall escape and Hine-nui-te-po will die.” Who acts: Maui, you, Hine. A sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. 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Westervelt, Maui Seeking Immortality. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Maui, you, Hine), 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:pg66357:3:32 # text = Maui replied: “If you laugh at me when I have only entered her stomach I shall be killed, but if I have passed through her and come out of her mouth I shall escape and Hine-nui-te-po will die.” 1 Maui Maui PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 4 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 If if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 laugh laugh VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 only only ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 entered enter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 stomach stomach NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 if if SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 27 through through ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 31 out out ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 acl:relcl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 39 Hine Hine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 nui nui NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 te te NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 po po NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 46 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Maui | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **laugh** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | | | | | at Maui | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **enter** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Maui | woman's stomach | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme stomach=Destination | | 4 | **kill** *in a quote* | shall · passive | | Maui | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **pass** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · perfect | Maui | | | | | through woman | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through she=Location | | 6 | **come out** *in a quote* | infinitive | Maui *not said here* | | | | | of woman's mouth; out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **escape** *in a quote* | shall | Maui | woman's mouth *not said here* | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mouth=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **die** *in a quote* | future | Hine | | | | | te po *nsubj* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/3/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/3/33/) - ↑ back to [Maui Seeking Immortality](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/3/)