--- title: Then she chanted how the caves in the seacoast were opened and the g… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: Then she chanted how the caves in the seacoast were opened and the guardians of the winds lifted their calabashes and let loose evil winds, angry and destructive, to sweep over the homes of the people and tear in pieces their fruit-trees and houses. Who acts: wind, guardians. 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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, guardians), 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:pg66516:14:131 # text = Then she chanted how the caves in the seacoast were opened and the guardians of the winds lifted their calabashes and let loose evil winds, angry and destructive, to sweep over the homes of the people and tear in pieces their fruit-trees and houses. 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 chanted chant VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 caves cave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 seacoast seacoast NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 opened open VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 ccomp _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 guardians guardian NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 winds wind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 18 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 calabashes calabash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 23 loose loose ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 24 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 winds wind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 destructive destructive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 sweep sweep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 33 over over ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 homes home NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 tear tear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 43 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 44 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nmod _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chant** | past | wind | | | | then | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **open** | past · passive | | the caves in the seacoast | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **lift** | past | the guardians of the winds | guardians's calabashes | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent calabash=Theme | | 4 | **let** | infinitive | the guardians of the winds *not said here* | loose evil winds | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wind=Theme | | 5 | **sweep** | to-infinitive | the guardians of the winds *not said here* | | | the homes of the people | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over home=Trajectory | | 6 | **tear** | present | the guardians of the winds *not said here* | | | pieces guardians's fruit trees and houses | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in piece=Trajectory | 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 130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/14/130/) - next →: [sentence 132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/14/132/) - ↑ back to [Pele’s Long Sleep](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/14/)