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Percy Smith, who was for a long time Minister of Native Affairs in New Zealand and now is President of the Polynesian Society for Legendary and Historical Research, writes that the full name for Pele among the New Zealand Maoris is “Para-whenua-mea, which through well-known letter changes is iden --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/13/63/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mytholo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/) / [Genealogy of the Pele Family](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/13/) / 63 # Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Genealogy of the Pele Family, sentence 63 S. Percy Smith, who was for a long time Minister of Native Affairs in New Zealand and now is President of the Polynesian Society for Legendary and Historical Research, writes that the full name for Pele among the New Zealand Maoris is “Para-whenua-mea, which through well-known letter changes is identical with the full Hawaiian name Pele-honua-mea.” **Who acts:** S., Zealand Maoris, full name · **What happens:** be, write, know, change · **To what, where:** President, whenua mea · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (S., Zealand Maoris, full name), 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:pg66516:13:63 # text = S. Percy Smith, who was for a long time Minister of Native Affairs in New Zealand and now is President of the Polynesian Society for Legendary and Historical Research, writes that the full name for Pele among the New Zealand Maoris is “Para-whenua-mea, which through well-known letter changes is identical with the full Hawaiian name Pele-honua-mea.” 1 S. S. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 2 Percy Percy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 Smith Smith PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 10 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 Minister minister NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 Native native ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 Affairs affair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 New New PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 flat _ _ 17 Zealand Zealand PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 21 President President PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 Polynesian Polynesian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 Society Society PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Legendary Legendary PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 Historical historical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 Research Research PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 32 writes write VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 Pele Pele PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 39 among among ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 41 New New PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 flat _ _ 42 Zealand Zealand PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 Maoris Maoris PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 44 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 45 “ " PUNCT `` _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 Para para NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 47 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 whenua whenua NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 49 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 mea mea NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 52 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 56 nsubj:pass _ _ 53 through through ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 54 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 56 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 50 parataxis _ _ 57 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 58 changes change VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 advcl _ _ 59 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 cop _ _ 60 identical identical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 ccomp _ _ 61 with with ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 63 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 64 Hawaiian hawaiian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ _ 66 Pele Pele PROPN NNP Number=Sing 65 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 67 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 honua honua NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 69 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 68 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 mea mea NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 72 ” " PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | S. | | | | | for a long time Minister; of Native Affairs in New Zealand and President | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | S. *not said here* | President | | | now | of the Polynesian Society for Legendary and Historical Research | tree rules | | 3 | **write** | present | S. | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the Zealand Maoris | | | | | among whenua mea | tree rules | | 5 | **know** *in a quote* | participle · passive | | whenua mea | | | | letter *obj*; through, well *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **change** *in a quote* | present | the full name for Pele | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | S. *not said here* | | | | | with the full Hawaiian name and honua mea; identical *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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/13/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/13/64/) - ↑ back to [Genealogy of the Pele Family](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/13/)