--- title: Ellis says: “He saw his mother who lived at Ku-kii, saluted her by t… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: Ellis says: “He saw his mother who lived at Ku-kii, saluted her by touching noses, and said, ‘Aloha ino oe eia ihonei paha oe e make ai, ke ai manei Pele’ [Compassion rest on you. Who acts: Ellis, mother, ino oe eia. A sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. 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D. 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, mother, ino oe eia), 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:pg66516:10:69 # text = Ellis says: “He saw his mother who lived at Ku-kii, saluted her by touching noses, and said, ‘Aloha ino oe eia ihonei paha oe e make ai, ke ai manei Pele’ [Compassion rest on you. 1 Ellis Ellis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 4 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 Ku Ku PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 kii kii NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 saluted salute VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 17 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 by by SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 19 touching touch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 20 noses nose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 Aloha Aloha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 ino ino NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 28 oe oe X FW _ 29 compound _ _ 29 eia eia NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 30 ihonei ihonei X FW Foreign=Yes 29 conj _ _ 31 paha paha X FW Foreign=Yes 30 flat:foreign _ _ 32 oe oe X FW Foreign=Yes 30 flat:foreign _ _ 33 e e X FW Foreign=Yes 34 dep _ _ 34 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 35 ai ai NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 ke ke X FW Foreign=Yes 34 obj _ _ 38 ai ai X FW Foreign=Yes 37 flat:foreign _ _ 39 manei manei X FW Foreign=Yes 37 flat:foreign _ _ 40 Pele Pele PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ 42 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 Compassion compassion NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 appos _ _ 45 on on ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ellis | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **see** *in a quote* | past | Ellis | Ellis's mother | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mother=Stimulus | | 3 | **live** *in a quote* | past | Ellis's mother | | | Ku kii | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at kii=Location | | 4 | **salute** *in a quote* | past | Ellis *not said here* | lava | | | | | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic | | 5 | **touch** *in a quote* | gerund | Ellis *not said here* | noses | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme nose=Co-Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Ellis *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **make** *in a quote* | infinitive | ino oe eia | ai | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset ai=Beneficiary ke=Product | 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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/10/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/10/70/) - ↑ back to [Pele and Kaha-wali](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/10/)