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title: Then she called for the gods who came to Hawaii; the gods of her old… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics
description: Then she called for the gods who came to Hawaii; the gods of her old home now known through all Polynesia; the great gods Lono and his brothers, coming in the winds of heaven. Who acts: chief, gods. A sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Pele’s Long Sleep, wit
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# Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Pele’s Long Sleep, sentence 112

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Then she called for the gods who came to Hawaii; the gods of her old home now known through all Polynesia; the great gods Lono and his brothers, coming in the winds of heaven.

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**Who acts:** chief, gods · **What happens:** call, come, know, wind · **To what, where:** gods, Hawaii, Polynesia, winds, heaven · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. 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, gods), 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:pg66516:14:112
# text = Then she called for the gods who came to Hawaii; the gods of her old home now known through all Polynesia; the great gods Lono and his brothers, coming in the winds of heaven.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Hawaii	Hawaii	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
17	home	home	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
18	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	19	advmod	_	_
19	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	advcl	_	_
20	through	through	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	22	det	_	_
22	Polynesia	Polynesia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
27	Lono	Lono	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	appos	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
29	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	30	nmod:poss	_	_
30	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
32	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
33	in	in	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	winds	wind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	obl	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | past | chief | the gods |  |  | then | for the gods; the great gods *obl* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for god=Recipient |
| 2 | **come** | past | the gods |  |  | Hawaii |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to hawaii=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **know** | participle | chief *not said here* |  |  | all Polynesia | now |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **come** | gerund | chief *not said here* |  |  | the winds of heaven |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wind=Location |
| 5 | **wind** |  |  | heaven |  |  |  |  | nom wind «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |

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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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