--- title: —Some legends say that Pele danced the Hula of the Winds of Kauai, c… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: —Some legends say that Pele danced the Hula of the Winds of Kauai, calling their names until strong winds blew and storms of rain beat upon the house in which the chiefs were assembled, driving the common people to their homes.— Who acts: legends, Pele, strong winds, storms. 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D. Westervelt, Pele’s Long Sleep. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (legends, Pele, strong winds, storms), 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:pg66516:14:106 # text = —Some legends say that Pele danced the Hula of the Winds of Kauai, calling their names until strong winds blew and storms of rain beat upon the house in which the chiefs were assembled, driving the common people to their homes.— 1 — - PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 3 legends legend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 Pele Pele PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 danced dance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Hula Hula PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Winds wind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Kauai Kauai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 calling call VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 17 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 19 until until SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 winds wind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ _ 22 blew blow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 storms storm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 27 beat beat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 28 upon upon ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 obl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 chiefs chief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 assembled assemble VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 driving drive VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 homes home NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 — - PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | some legends | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **dance** | past | Pele | the Hula | | | | of the Winds of Kauai | vn waltz-51.5 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent hula=Theme of wind=Trajectory | | 3 | **call** | gerund | Pele *not said here* | Pele's names | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient | | 4 | **blow** | past | strong winds | | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **beat** | present | storms of rain | | | the house | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon house=Location | | 6 | **assemble** | past · passive | | the chiefs | | the house | | | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **drive** | gerund | | the common people | | Pele's homes | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent people=Theme to home=Trajectory | | 8 | **wind** | | | Kauai | | | | | nom wind «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **name** | | Pele | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **storm** | | rain | | | | | | nom storm «phenomenon 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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