--- title: An astrologer said: “I have heard the pilots from the burning island… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: An astrologer said: “I have heard the pilots from the burning islands talk about the water-gods and one of them claimed that sometimes a strange god had turned their boats from a straight path.” Who acts: astrologer, burning islands, one. A sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. 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Westervelt, Paao From Samoa. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (astrologer, burning islands, one), 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:pg66357:8:81 # text = An astrologer said: “I have heard the pilots from the burning islands talk about the water-gods and one of them claimed that sometimes a strange god had turned their boats from a straight path.” 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 astrologer astrologer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 5 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 pilots pilot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 from from SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 burning burning NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 islands island NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 15 talk talk VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 16 about about ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 18 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nsubj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nmod _ _ 25 claimed claim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 27 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 30 advmod _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 ccomp _ _ 33 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 boats boat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 35 from from ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 straight straight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a astrologer | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **hear** *in a quote* | present · perfect | a astrologer *= astrologer* | the pilots | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer pilot=Stimulus | | 3 | **talk** *in a quote* | present | the burning islands | | | | | about the water gods | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about god=Topic | | 4 | **claim** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | one of gods | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **turn** *in a quote* | past · perfect · passive | | a strange god | | a straight path | | gods's boats *obj* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP ADJ.result»: subject=Theme boat=Result | 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/8/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/8/82/) - ↑ back to [Paao From Samoa](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/8/)