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title: When the grass lay in the pathway of the fire, the lava was turned a… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics
description: When the grass lay in the pathway of the fire, the lava was turned aside for a time; but Pele, inspired by the beginning of victory, called anew upon the gods of the underworld for strong reinforcements. Who acts: grass. A sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, 
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# Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Pele and Kama-puaa, sentence 102

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When the grass lay in the pathway of the fire, the lava was turned aside for a time; but Pele, inspired by the beginning of victory, called anew upon the gods of the underworld for strong reinforcements.

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**Who acts:** grass · **What happens:** lie, turn, inspire, call, begin · **To what, where:** Pele, pathway, lava, victory · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Pele and Kama-puaa. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (grass), 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:pg66516:11:102
# text = When the grass lay in the pathway of the fire, the lava was turned aside for a time; but Pele, inspired by the beginning of victory, called anew upon the gods of the underworld for strong reinforcements.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lay	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pathway	pathway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	lava	lava	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
16	aside	aside	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	22	punct	_	_
21	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	Pele	Pele	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
24	inspired	inspire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	acl	_	_
25	by	by	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	beginning	beginning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	victory	victory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
31	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	acl:relcl	_	_
32	anew	anew	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	xcomp	_	_
33	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	obl	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	underworld	underworld	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	_
39	for	for	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
41	reinforcements	reinforcement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | past | the grass | Pele |  | the pathway of the fire |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in pathway=Location |
| 2 | **turn** | past · passive |  | the lava |  |  | time | aside *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **inspire** | participle |  | Pele *not said here* |  |  | by the beginning of victory |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **call** | participle |  | Pele *not said here* |  |  |  | anew *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **begin** |  |  | victory |  |  |  |  | nom beginning «event transitive»: of=patient |

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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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