--- title: “But death is nothing new Death is, and has been ever since old Maui… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: “But death is nothing new Death is, and has been ever since old Maui died Then Pata-tai laughed loud And woke the goblin-god Who severed him in two, and shut him in, So dusk of eve came on.” Who acts: death, old Maui, Pata tai, goblin god. 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 (death, old Maui, Pata tai, goblin god), 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:pg66357:3:55 # text = “But death is nothing new Death is, and has been ever since old Maui died Then Pata-tai laughed loud And woke the goblin-god Who severed him in two, and shut him in, So dusk of eve came on.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 3 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 0 root _ _ 6 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 Death Death PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 12 been be VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 advcl _ _ 13 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 12 advmod _ _ 14 since since SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 Maui Maui PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 18 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ _ 19 Pata Pata PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 tai tai NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 23 loud loud ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 And and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 woke wake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 27 goblin goblin NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 30 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 31 severed sever VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 shut shut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 in in ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 So so ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 42 dusk dusk NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 eve eve NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 45 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 46 on on ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | death | nothing | | | | new Death *appos* | tree rules | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **be** *in a quote* | participle | old Maui *not said here* | | | | ever | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **die** *in a quote* | past | old Maui | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **laugh** *in a quote* | past | Pata tai | | | | then | loud *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **wake** *in a quote* | past | Pata tai *not said here* | the goblin god | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent god=Patient | | 7 | **sever** *in a quote* | past | the goblin god | Maui | | two | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 8 | **shut** *in a quote* | past | | Maui | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 9 | **come on** *in a quote* | past | dusk of eve | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «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. 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/3/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/3/56/) - ↑ back to [Maui Seeking Immortality](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/3/)