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title: Their stories are nature-myths derived from the power of snow and co… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics
description: Their stories are nature-myths derived from the power of snow and cold to check volcanic action and sometimes clothe the mountain tops and upper slopes with white, which melted as the maidens came down closer to the sea through lands made fertile by flowing streams and blessed sunshine. Who acts: st
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# Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Pele and the Snow-goddess, sentence 8

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Their stories are nature-myths derived from the power of snow and cold to check volcanic action and sometimes clothe the mountain tops and upper slopes with white, which melted as the maidens came down closer to the sea through lands made fertile by flowing streams and blessed sunshine.

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**Who acts:** stories, maidens · **What happens:** be, derive, check, clothe, melt, come down · **To what, where:** nature myths, power, volcanic action, mountain tops, lands

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This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Pele and the Snow-goddess. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (stories, maidens), 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:pg66516:12:8
# text = Their stories are nature-myths derived from the power of snow and cold to check volcanic action and sometimes clothe the mountain tops and upper slopes with white, which melted as the maidens came down closer to the sea through lands made fertile by flowing streams and blessed sunshine.
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	myths	myth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	derived	derive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
17	volcanic	volcanic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
20	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	21	advmod	_	_
21	clothe	clothe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	_
24	tops	top	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obj	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
26	upper	upper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	slopes	slope	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	conj	_	_
28	with	with	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
31	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	32	nsubj	_	_
32	melted	melt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	parataxis	_	_
33	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	36	mark	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	maidens	maiden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	nsubj	_	_
36	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	advcl	_	_
37	down	down	ADV	RB	_	38	advmod	_	_
38	closer	close	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	36	advmod	_	_
39	to	to	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	_
42	through	through	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	obl	_	_
44	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	43	acl	_	_
45	fertile	fertile	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	xcomp	_	_
46	by	by	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	flowing	flow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	48	amod	_	_
48	streams	stream	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	obl	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	_
50	blessed	blessed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	amod	_	_
51	sunshine	sunshine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | nature myths |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **derive** | past | maidens's stories |  |  | the power of snow |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from power=Material |
| 3 | **check** | to-infinitive | maidens's stories *not said here* | volcanic action |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent action=Theme |
| 4 | **clothe** | present | maidens's stories *not said here* | the mountain tops and upper slopes |  |  |  | with white; sometimes *property* | vn dress-41.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent top=Patient |
| 5 | **melt** | past |  |  |  |  |  | which *nsubj* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 6 | **come down** | past | the maidens |  |  | lands |  | close *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through land=Initial\_Location |
| 7 | **make** | participle |  | lands *not said here* |  |  |  | by flowing streams and blessed sunshine; fertile *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 8 | **flow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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