--- title: Ellis, who wrote the story of the missionary tour of 1823, said that… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: Ellis, who wrote the story of the missionary tour of 1823, said that the race course was pointed out to him as Ka-holua-ana-o-Kaha-vari (The-sliding-place-of-Kaha-vari). Who acts: Ellis. A sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. 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Westervelt, Pele and Kaha-wali. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ellis), 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:pg66516:10:42 # text = Ellis, who wrote the story of the missionary tour of 1823, said that the race course was pointed out to him as Ka-holua-ana-o-Kaha-vari (The-sliding-place-of-Kaha-vari). 1 Ellis Ellis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wrote write VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 missionary missionary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 tour tour NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 1823 1823 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 pointed point VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 ccomp _ _ 21 out out ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ _ 24 as as ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Ka Ka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 holua holua NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ana ana NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 35 case _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 Kaha Kaha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 vari vari NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 list _ _ 36 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 sliding sliding NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 Kaha Kaha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 vari vari NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | past | Ellis | the story of the missionary tour of 1823 | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Ellis | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **point out** | past · passive | | the race course | Ellis | | | as Ka of Kaha vari ana | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to he=Recipient | 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 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. - ← previous: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/10/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/10/43/) - ↑ back to [Pele and Kaha-wali](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/10/)