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title: { a is sounded as in father { e ,, ,, ,, ,, they { i ,, ,, ,, ,, mar… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics
description: { a is sounded as in father { e ,, ,, ,, ,, they { i ,, ,, ,, ,, marine { o ,, ,, ,, ,, note Hawaiian vowels { u ,, ,, ,, ,, rule or as oo in moon { ai when sounded as a diphthong resembles English { ay { au when sounded as a diphthong resembles ou as { in loud Who acts: quotations, rule, English. A
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# Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Opening, sentence 50

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{ a is sounded as in father { e ,, ,, ,, ,, they { i ,, ,, ,, ,, marine { o ,, ,, ,, ,, note Hawaiian vowels { u ,, ,, ,, ,, rule or as oo in moon { ai when sounded as a diphthong resembles English { ay { au when sounded as a diphthong resembles ou as { in loud

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**Who acts:** quotations, rule, English · **What happens:** sound, {, note, resemble · **To what, where:** i, Hawaiian vowels, ou

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This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Opening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (quotations, rule, English), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg66516:1:50
# text = { a is sounded as in father { e ,, ,, ,, ,, they { i ,, ,, ,, ,, marine { o ,, ,, ,, ,, note Hawaiian vowels { u ,, ,, ,, ,, rule or as oo in moon { ai when sounded as a diphthong resembles English { ay { au when sounded as a diphthong resembles ou as { in loud
1	{	{	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	4	punct	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	sounded	sound	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	{	{	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	e	e	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	,,	,,	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
11	,,	,,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	,,	,,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	,,	,,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	{	{	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
16	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	,,	,,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
18	,,	,,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	,,	,,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	,,	,,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	marine	marine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	conj	_	_
22	{	{	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	28	punct	_	_
23	o	o	INTJ	UH	_	28	discourse	_	_
24	,,	,,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
25	,,	,,	INTJ	UH	_	28	discourse	_	_
26	,,	,,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
27	,,	,,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
28	note	note	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	conj	_	_
29	Hawaiian	hawaiian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	vowels	vowel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	obj	_	_
31	{	{	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
32	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	28	obl	_	_
33	,,	,,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
34	,,	,,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
35	,,	,,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
36	,,	,,	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
37	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	nsubj	_	_
38	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
39	as	as	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	oo	oo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	conj	_	_
41	in	in	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	nmod	_	_
43	{	{	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
44	ai	ai	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	parataxis	_	_
45	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	46	advmod	_	_
46	sounded	sound	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	37	acl	_	_
47	as	as	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	diphthong	diphthong	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obl	_	_
50	resembles	resemble	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	28	parataxis	_	_
51	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	61	nsubj	_	_
52	{	{	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	53	punct	_	_
53	ay	ay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	nsubj	_	_
54	{	{	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
55	au	au	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	conj	_	_
56	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	57	advmod	_	_
57	sounded	sound	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	53	acl	_	_
58	as	as	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
59	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
60	diphthong	diphthong	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obl	_	_
61	resembles	resemble	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	50	conj	_	_
62	ou	ou	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	61	obj	_	_
63	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	66	mark	_	_
64	{	{	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
65	in	in	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
66	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	61	advcl	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sound** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  | as father and e | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute» |
| 2 | **{** | present | quotations *= quotation* | i |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **note** | infinitive | quotations *= quotation* *not said here* | Hawaiian vowels |  |  |  | u *obl* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent vowel=Topic |
| 4 | **sound** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | as a diphthong | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 5 | **resemble** | present | rule  ai or oo in moon |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **sound** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | as a diphthong | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 7 | **resemble** | present | English | ou |  |  |  | ay and au *nsubj* | tree rules |

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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.

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**Text:** «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Project Gutenberg book 66516 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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