--- title: Do not turn to the side or you will strike bamboo which will make a… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: Do not turn to the side or you will strike bamboo which will make a great noise, and my grandchild, Pele’s brother, will hear and will cover the water tight, and you cannot get it.” Who acts: you, grandchild. A sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. 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Westervelt, The Water of Life \[1\]. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, grandchild), 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:pg66357:4:131 # text = Do not turn to the side or you will strike bamboo which will make a great noise, and my grandchild, Pele’s brother, will hear and will cover the water tight, and you cannot get it.” 1 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 turn turn VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 strike strike VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 11 bamboo bamboo NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 13 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 parataxis _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 20 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 grandchild grandchild NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 Pele Pele PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ’s 's PART POS _ 23 case _ _ 25 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 27 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 cover cover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 tight tight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 40 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **turn** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | | | the side | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to side=Trajectory | | 2 | **strike** | future | you | bamboo | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bamboo=Patient | | 3 | **make** | future | | a great noise | | | | which *nsubj* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset noise=Product | | 4 | **hear** | future | my grandchild and Pele's brother | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **cover** | future | my grandchild and Pele's brother *not said here* | the water | | | | tight *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme water=Destination | | 6 | **not** **get** | can | you | water | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | 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 130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/4/130/) - next →: [sentence 132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/4/132/) - ↑ back to [The Water of Life \[1\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/4/)