--- title: She told how “the child adopted or brought up by the gods,” and the… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: She told how “the child adopted or brought up by the gods,” and the Maiden of the Golden Clouds, had been taken by the Self-reliant Dragon to Oahu, and how all the rest had gone, leaving her as a guard in the old land of his birth and childhood. Who acts: Dragon, reliant Dragon, rest. 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D. 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 (Dragon, reliant Dragon, rest), 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:pg66357:4:186 # text = She told how “the child adopted or brought up by the gods,” and the Maiden of the Golden Clouds, had been taken by the Self-reliant Dragon to Oahu, and how all the rest had gone, leaving her as a guard in the old land of his birth and childhood. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 4 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 adopted adopt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Maiden Maiden PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 Golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 Clouds Cloud PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 27 by by ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 29 Self self NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 reliant reliant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Oahu Oahu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 37 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 42 advmod _ _ 38 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 40 det:predet _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 42 advcl _ _ 45 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 as as ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 guard guard NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 birth birth NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 childhood childhood NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Dragon | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **adopt** *in a quote* | participle · passive | | the child | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **bring up** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | by the gods | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **take** | past · perfect · passive | the reliant Dragon | the Maiden of the Golden Clouds | Oahu | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to oahu=Destination | | 5 | **go** | past · perfect | all rest | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **leave** | gerund | all rest *not said here* | Dragon | | the old land of god's birth and childhood | | as a guard | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme in land=Location | 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 185](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/4/185/) - next →: [sentence 187](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/4/187/) - ↑ back to [The Water of Life \[1\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/4/)