--- title: Some of the native legends say that Pele had slept near the seashore… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: Some of the native legends say that Pele had slept near the seashore where she had commenced to build a volcanic home for herself and her sisters, and that while longing for the coming of her lover Lohiau she had dug feverishly, throwing up hills and digging some of the many pit craters which are fa --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/15/23/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mytholo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/) / [Hopoe, the Dancing Stone](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/15/) / 23 # Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Hopoe, the Dancing Stone, sentence 23 Some of the native legends say that Pele had slept near the seashore where she had commenced to build a volcanic home for herself and her sisters, and that while longing for the coming of her lover Lohiau she had dug feverishly, throwing up hills and digging some of the many pit craters which are famous in the district of Puna. **Who acts:** Some, Pele, many pit craters · **What happens:** say, sleep, commence, build, long, come · **To what, where:** seashore, Pele, volcanic home, hills, some, district · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Hopoe, the Dancing Stone. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Some, Pele, many pit craters), 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:pg66516:15:23 # text = Some of the native legends say that Pele had slept near the seashore where she had commenced to build a volcanic home for herself and her sisters, and that while longing for the coming of her lover Lohiau she had dug feverishly, throwing up hills and digging some of the many pit craters which are famous in the district of Puna. 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 6 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 native native ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 legends legend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 6 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 Pele Pele PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 slept sleep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 ccomp _ _ 11 near near ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 seashore seashore NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 17 advmod _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 commenced commence VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl:relcl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 build build VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 volcanic volcanic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 19 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 31 while while SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 32 longing long VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 42 advcl _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 35 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 39 csubj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 lover lover NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 Lohiau Lohiau PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 dug dig VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 43 feverishly feverishly ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 throwing throw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 46 up up ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ _ 47 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obj _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 digging dig VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 conj _ _ 50 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 49 obj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 53 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 54 pit pit NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 compound _ _ 55 craters crater NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nmod _ _ 56 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 58 nsubj _ _ 57 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 58 cop _ _ 58 famous famous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 acl:relcl _ _ 59 in in ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 district district NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 Puna Puna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Some of the native legends | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **sleep** | past · perfect | Pele | | | the seashore | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **commence** | past · perfect · passive | | Pele | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **build** | to-infinitive | | a volcanic home | | | | for Pele | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent home=Product for herself=Asset | | 5 | **long** | gerund | Pele *not said here* | | | | | for the Lohiau | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for lohiau=Theme | | 6 | **come** | gerund | | | | | | of Pele's lover | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of lover=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **dig** | past · perfect | Pele | | | | | feverishly *property* | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **throw up** | gerund | Some of the native legends *not said here* | hills | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hill=Theme | | 9 | **dig** | gerund | Some of the native legends *not said here* | some of the many pit craters | | | | | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent some=Theme | | 10 | **is** | present | the many pit craters | | | the district of Puna | | famous *property* | tree rules | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/15/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/15/24/) - ↑ back to [Hopoe, the Dancing Stone](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/15/)