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title: In Samoa one of the fire-gods, according to some authorities, was Fe… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics
description: In Samoa one of the fire-gods, according to some authorities, was Fe-e, a name almost the same as Pele, yet nearly all the Samoan legends describe Fe-e as a cuttlefish possessing divine power, and at enmity with fire. Who acts: Samoan legends, cuttlefish. A sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes
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# Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Genealogy of the Pele Family, sentence 61

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In Samoa one of the fire-gods, according to some authorities, was Fe-e, a name almost the same as Pele, yet nearly all the Samoan legends describe Fe-e as a cuttlefish possessing divine power, and at enmity with fire.

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**Who acts:** Samoan legends, cuttlefish · **What happens:** accord, be, describe, possess · **To what, where:** Fe e, Samoa, divine power

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This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Genealogy of the Pele Family. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Samoan legends, cuttlefish), 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:pg66516:13:61
# text = In Samoa one of the fire-gods, according to some authorities, was Fe-e, a name almost the same as Pele, yet nearly all the Samoan legends describe Fe-e as a cuttlefish possessing divine power, and at enmity with fire.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Samoa	Samoa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	flat	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
10	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	case	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	13	det	_	_
13	authorities	authority	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
16	Fe	Fe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	e	e	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	_
22	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
25	as	as	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	Pele	Pele	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
28	yet	yet	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
29	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	30	advmod	_	_
30	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	33	det:predet	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
32	Samoan	samoan	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	legends	legend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	nsubj	_	_
34	describe	describe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	parataxis	_	_
35	Fe	Fe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	37	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	e	e	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obj	_	_
38	as	as	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	cuttlefish	cuttlefish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	_
41	possessing	possess	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	40	acl	_	_
42	divine	divine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	amod	_	_
43	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
46	at	at	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	enmity	enmity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	_
48	with	with	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | Fe e and a name and enmity with fire |  | Samoa accord some authorities |  | a name *conj*; enmity with fire *conj* | tree rules |
| 3 | **describe** | present | all Samoan legends | Fe e |  |  |  | as a cuttlefish | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent e=Theme as cuttlefish=Attribute |
| 4 | **possess** | gerund | a cuttlefish *not said here* | divine power |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot power=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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