--- title: But one of the dragon-women sitting near Lohiau said: “The noise you… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: But one of the dragon-women sitting near Lohiau said: “The noise you think is from the sea or rustling through the leaves of the trees is only the sound of the people talking outside the great building. Who acts: dragon women, one, you, noise. 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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 (dragon women, one, you, noise), 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:pg66516:14:117 # text = But one of the dragon-women sitting near Lohiau said: “The noise you think is from the sea or rustling through the leaves of the trees is only the sound of the people talking outside the great building. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 8 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 acl _ _ 9 near near ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Lohiau Lohiau PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 19 from from ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 ccomp _ _ 22 or or CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 23 rustling rustle VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 csubj _ _ 24 through through ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ _ 30 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 31 only only ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 37 talking talk VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 36 acl _ _ 38 outside outside ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 building building NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | gerund | the dragon women *not said here* | | | Lohiau | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent near lohiau=Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | one of the dragon women | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | you | the noise *not said here* | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot noise=Theme | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the noise | | | the sea or the sound | | | tree rules | | 5 | **rustle** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | the leaves of the trees | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through leaf=Location | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | rustling | the sound | | | | of the people | tree rules | | 7 | **talk** *in a quote* | gerund | the people *not said here* | | | | | outside the great building | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=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 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/14/116/) - next →: [sentence 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/14/118/) - ↑ back to [Pele’s Long Sleep](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/14/)