--- title: She passed on from island to island until she came to Kauai, and the… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: She passed on from island to island until she came to Kauai, and there the drum-beat and the song of the dance did not die away or change, so she knew she had found the lover desired in her dream. Who acts: spirit, drum beat, lover, dance. 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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 (spirit, drum beat, lover, dance), 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:pg66516:14:37 # text = She passed on from island to island until she came to Kauai, and there the drum-beat and the song of the dance did not die away or change, so she knew she had found the lover desired in her dream. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 until until SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Kauai Kauai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 15 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 28 expl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 drum drum NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 beat beat NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 dance dance NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 29 away away ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 or or CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 ccomp _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 lover lover NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 desired desire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 ccomp _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass on** | past | spirit | | | island | | to island | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent from island=Initial\_Location to island=Destination | | 2 | **come** | past | spirit | | | Kauai | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to kauai=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **not** **die away** | past · do-support | the drum beat and the song of the dance | | | there | | away *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **change** | infinitive | the drum beat and the song of the dance *not said here* | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **know** | past | spirit | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **find** | past · perfect | spirit | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **desire** | past | the lover | | | spirit's dream | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 8 | **sing** | | the dance | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: of=agent | | 9 | **dream** | | spirit | | | | | | nom dream «cognition 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. 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