--- title: She said, “It is not for me to give an olioli mele [a chant] for you… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: She said, “It is not for me to give an olioli mele [a chant] for your native dance, but I will call the guardian winds of your islands Niihau and Kauai, O Lohiau! and they will answer my call.” Who acts: chief, dance, Pele, your. A sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. 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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 (chief, dance, Pele, your), 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:pg66516:14:111 # text = She said, “It is not for me to give an olioli mele [a chant] for your native dance, but I will call the guardian winds of your islands Niihau and Kauai, O Lohiau! and they will answer my call.” 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 4 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 ccomp _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 12 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 olioli olioli NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 mele mele NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 chant chant NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 17 punct _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 21 native native ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 dance dance NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 guardian guardian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 winds wind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 islands island NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 34 Niihau Niihau PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 appos _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 Kauai Kauai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 O O PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 Lohiau Lohiau PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ! ! PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 45 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 call call NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 44 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: express* | past | chief | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | dance | | | | | for chief | tree rules | | 3 | **give** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | a olioli mele | | | | for your native dance | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent mele=Theme for dance=Asset | | 4 | **call** *in a quote* | future | chief | the guardian winds of your islands | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent wind=Recipient | | 5 | **answer** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | future | Pele | my call | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent call=Eventuality | | 6 | **dance** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom dance «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **wind** *in a quote* | | | your islands | | | | | nom wind «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **call** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom call «communication transitive»: poss=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. 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 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/14/110/) - next →: [sentence 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/14/112/) - ↑ back to [Pele’s Long Sleep](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/14/)