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title: When Pele heard this chant from the forgiving love of her little sis… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics
description: When Pele heard this chant from the forgiving love of her little sister she relented somewhat and gave Hiiaka a portion of her divine power with which to wage battle against the demons and dragons and sorcerers innumerable whom she would meet in her journey, and also sent Pauopalae, the woman of sup
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# Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Hopoe, the Dancing Stone, sentence 56

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When Pele heard this chant from the forgiving love of her little sister she relented somewhat and gave Hiiaka a portion of her divine power with which to wage battle against the demons and dragons and sorcerers innumerable whom she would meet in her journey, and also sent Pauopalae, the woman of supernatural power, who cared for the ferns of all kinds around the volcano, to be her companion.

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**Who acts:** Pele, supernatural power · **What happens:** hear, forgive, relent, give, wage, meet · **To what, where:** chant, forgiving love, portion, Hiiaka, battle, journey

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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 (Pele, supernatural power), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg66516:15:56
# text = When Pele heard this chant from the forgiving love of her little sister she relented somewhat and gave Hiiaka a portion of her divine power with which to wage battle against the demons and dragons and sorcerers innumerable whom she would meet in her journey, and also sent Pauopalae, the woman of supernatural power, who cared for the ferns of all kinds around the volcano, to be her companion.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	Pele	Pele	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	advcl	_	_
4	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	chant	chant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	forgiving	forgive	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	amod	_	_
9	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
14	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	relented	relent	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	somewhat	somewhat	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	conj	_	_
19	Hiiaka	Hiiaka	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	iobj	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	portion	portion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
23	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
24	divine	divine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
26	with	with	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	29	obl	_	_
28	to	to	PART	TO	_	29	mark	_	_
29	wage	wage	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	25	acl:relcl	_	_
30	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obj	_	_
31	against	against	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	demons	demon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	obl	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
35	dragons	dragon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	conj	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
37	sorcerers	sorcerer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	conj	_	_
38	innumerable	innumerable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
39	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	42	obj	_	_
40	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	nsubj	_	_
41	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	42	aux	_	_
42	meet	meet	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	38	parataxis	_	_
43	in	in	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	45	nmod:poss	_	_
45	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
47	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
48	also	also	ADV	RB	_	49	advmod	_	_
49	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	conj	_	_
50	Pauopalae	Pauopalae	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	49	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	appos	_	_
54	of	of	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	supernatural	supernatural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	56	amod	_	_
56	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
58	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	59	nsubj	_	_
59	cared	care	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	56	acl:relcl	_	_
60	for	for	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
62	ferns	fern	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	59	obl	_	_
63	of	of	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
64	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	65	det	_	_
65	kinds	kind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	62	nmod	_	_
66	around	around	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
67	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
68	volcano	volcano	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	65	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	73	punct	_	_
70	to	to	PART	TO	_	73	mark	_	_
71	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	73	cop	_	_
72	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	73	nmod:poss	_	_
73	companion	companion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past | Pele | this chant |  | the forgiving love of Pele's little sister |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent chant=Topic from love=Source |
| 2 | **forgive** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **relent** | past | Pele |  |  |  |  | somewhat *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **give** | past | Pele *not said here* | a portion of Pele's divine power | Hiiaka |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent hiiaka=Recipient portion=Theme |
| 5 | **wage** | to-infinitive | Pele *not said here* | battle |  |  |  | with Pele's divine power; against the demons and dragons and sorcerers | tree rules |
| 6 | **meet** | would | Pele |  |  | Pele's journey |  | whom *obj* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Co-Agent |
| 7 | **send** | past | Pele *not said here* | Pauopalae |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pauopalae=Theme |
| 8 | **care** | past | supernatural power |  |  |  |  | for the ferns of all kinds around the volcano | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for fern=Theme |
| 9 | **is a** | to-infinitive |  | Pele's companion |  |  |  | Pele *nmod:poss* | tree rules |
| 10 | **love** |  |  | Pele's little sister |  |  |  |  | nom love «feeling transitive»: of=patient |
| 11 | **journey** |  | Pele |  |  |  |  |  | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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