--- title: Pele, as the high chiefess of the family, first entered the water an… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: Pele, as the high chiefess of the family, first entered the water and swam far out, then returned, standing on the brink of the curling wave, for the very crest was her surf-board which she rode with great skill. Who acts: Pele, crest, surf board. 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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, crest, surf board), 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:pg66516:14:3 # text = Pele, as the high chiefess of the family, first entered the water and swam far out, then returned, standing on the brink of the curling wave, for the very crest was her surf-board which she rode with great skill. 1 Pele pele NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 as as ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 chiefess chiefess NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 11 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 12 advmod _ _ 12 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 swam swim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 17 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 18 advmod _ _ 18 out out ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ _ 21 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 24 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 brink brink NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 curling curling NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 wave wave NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 very very ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 crest crest NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 38 surf surf NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 board board NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 skill skill NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enter** | past | Pele | the water | | | | first *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme water=Destination | | 2 | **swim** | past | Pele *not said here* | | | | | out *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **return** | past | Pele *not said here* | | | | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **stand** | gerund | Pele *not said here* | | | the brink of the curling wave | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on brink=Location | | 5 | **is** | past | the crest | | | | | for family's surf board; family *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 6 | **ride** | past | family's surf board | | | | | with great skill; family *nsubj* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/14/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/14/4/) - ↑ back to [Pele’s Long Sleep](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/14/)