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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 (story, legend, legends), 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:pg66516:12:9 # text = It is easy to see how the story arose of Pele and Poliahu, the snow-goddess of Mauna Kea, but it is not easy to understand the different forms which the legend takes while the legends concerning the other three maidens of the white mantle are very obscure indeed. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 easy easy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 arose arise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Pele Pele PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 Poliahu Poliahu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 goddess goddess NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Mauna Mauna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 Kea Kea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 expl _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 easy easy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 csubj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 forms form NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 obj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 legend legend NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 takes take VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 37 while while SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 legends legend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nsubj _ _ 40 concerning concern VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 39 acl _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 42 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 43 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 44 nummod _ _ 44 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 mantle mantle NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 49 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 50 very very ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 obscure obscure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 advcl _ _ 52 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | easy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **arise** | past | the story | | | | | of Pele and Poliahu | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **not** **is** | present | | | | | | easy *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **understand** | to-infinitive | | the different forms | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer form=Stimulus | | 6 | **take** | present | the legend | the different forms | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 7 | **concern** | gerund | the legends *not said here* | the other three maidens of the white mantle | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus maiden=Experiencer | | 8 | **is** | present | the legends | | | | | indeed, obscure *property* | tree rules | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/12/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/12/10/) - ↑ back to [Pele and the Snow-goddess](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/12/)