--- title: Out of Mauna Loa, Pele has stepped forth again and again, and has hu… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: Out of Mauna Loa, Pele has stepped forth again and again, and has hurled eruptions of mighty force and great extent against the maiden of the snow-mantle, but the natives say that in this battle Pele has been and always will be defeated. Who acts: natives, mighty force. 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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 (natives, mighty force), 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:pg66516:12:86 # text = Out of Mauna Loa, Pele has stepped forth again and again, and has hurled eruptions of mighty force and great extent against the maiden of the snow-mantle, but the natives say that in this battle Pele has been and always will be defeated. 1 Out out ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 Mauna Mauna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 4 Loa Loa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 6 Pele Pele PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 stepped step VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 forth forth ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 again again ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 again again ADV RB _ 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 hurled hurl VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 17 eruptions eruption NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 force force NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 extent extent NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 24 against against ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 29 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 mantle mantle NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 natives native NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 36 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 det _ _ 40 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 41 Pele Pele PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 appos _ _ 42 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 43 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 48 aux:pass _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 45 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 48 advmod _ _ 46 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 defeated defeat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **step** | present · perfect · passive | | Pele | | Mauna | again; again | forth *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **hurl** | present · perfect | | eruptions of mighty force and great extent against the maiden of the snow mantle | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eruption=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the natives | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **defeat** | present · perfect · passive | | | | this battle | | always *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **erupt** | | mighty force and great extent against the maiden of the snow mantle | | | | | | nom eruption «event intransitive»: of=agent | 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. 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