--- title: While she sang, the people outside the house cried out, “The sea gro… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: While she sang, the people outside the house cried out, “The sea grows rough and white, the waves are tossed by strong winds and clouds are flying, the winds are gathering the clouds and twisting the heavens.” Who acts: wind, people, sea, strong winds. 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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 (wind, people, sea, strong winds), 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:pg66516:14:116 # text = While she sang, the people outside the house cried out, “The sea grows rough and white, the waves are tossed by strong winds and clouds are flying, the winds are gathering the clouds and twisting the heavens.” 1 While while SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 7 outside outside ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 out out ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 grows grow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 17 rough rough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 xcomp _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 tossed toss VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 25 by by ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 winds wind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 conj _ _ 30 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 flying fly VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 winds wind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 35 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 gathering gather VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 twisting twist VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 conj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 heavens heaven NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | wind | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 2 | **cry out** *speech: express* | past | the people outside the house | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **grow** *in a quote* | present | the sea | | | | | rough *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **toss** *in a quote* | present · passive | strong winds and clouds | the waves | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 5 | **fly** *in a quote* | present · progressive | strong winds and clouds *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **gather** *in a quote* | present · progressive | the winds | the clouds | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloud=Theme | | 7 | **twist** *in a quote* | gerund | the winds *not said here* | the heavens | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent heaven=Theme | 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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