--- title: Then she spoke of the winds with which she had danced that night—the… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: Then she spoke of the winds with which she had danced that night—the guardians of Niihau and Kauai, a people listening to her call, under the ruler of all the winds, the great Lono, dwelling on the waters. Who acts: Lohiau, people. A sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. 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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 (Lohiau, people), 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:pg66516:14:183 # text = Then she spoke of the winds with which she had danced that night—the guardians of Niihau and Kauai, a people listening to her call, under the ruler of all the winds, the great Lono, dwelling on the waters. 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 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 winds wind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 obl _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 danced dance VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 acl:relcl _ _ 12 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 14 — - PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 guardians guardian NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Niihau Niihau PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 Kauai Kauai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 appos _ _ 24 listening listen VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 acl _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 call call NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 under under ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 ruler ruler NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 35 det:predet _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 winds wind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 Lono Lono PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 dwelling dwell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 conj _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Lohiau | | | | then | of the winds and the guardians of Niihau and Kauai | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **dance** | past · perfect | Lohiau | | | | night | with the winds and the guardians of Niihau and Kauai | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **listen** | gerund | a people *not said here* | | | the ruler of all winds the great Lono | | to Lohiau's call | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to call=Theme | | 4 | **dwell** | gerund | a people *not said here* | | | the waters | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on water=Location | | 5 | **call** | | Lohiau | | | | | | 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 182](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/14/182/) - next →: [sentence 184](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/14/184/) - ↑ back to [Pele’s Long Sleep](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/14/)