--- title: Pele told them they must dance the hula of the lifted tabu, and aske… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: Pele told them they must dance the hula of the lifted tabu, and asked them, one after the other, to dance, but they all refused until she came to Hiiaka, who had guarded her during her long sleep. Who acts: Pele, tabu, Hiiaka. A sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. 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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 (Pele, tabu, Hiiaka), 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:pg66516:14:193 # text = Pele told them they must dance the hula of the lifted tabu, and asked them, one after the other, to dance, but they all refused until she came to Hiiaka, who had guarded her during her long sleep. 1 Pele Pele PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 dance dance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 hula hula NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 lifted lift VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 amod _ _ 12 tabu tabu NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 ccomp _ _ 19 after after ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 dance dance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 29 advmod _ _ 29 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 30 until until SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Hiiaka Hiiaka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 guarded guard VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 acl _ _ 39 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 during during ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Pele | | sisters *= sister* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **dance** | must | Pele | the hula of the lifted tabu | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hula=Theme | | 3 | **lift** | participle | | | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | | | sisters *= sister* | | | one after the other *ccomp* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 5 | **dance** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **refuse** | past | Pele | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **come** | past | tabu | | | Hiiaka | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to hiiaka=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **guard** | past · perfect | Hiiaka | | tabu | | during tabu's long sleep | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary | | 9 | **sleep** | | tabu | | | | | | nom sleep «state intransitive»: 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 192](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/14/192/) - next →: [sentence 194](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/14/194/) - ↑ back to [Pele’s Long Sleep](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/14/)