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title: She was noted because of her magic power over all the ferns of the f… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics
description: She was noted because of her magic power over all the ferns of the forest, and for her skill in using the most graceful fronds for clothing and garlands. Who acts: skill. A sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Hiiaka’s Battle With Demons, with its dependency t
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# Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Hiiaka’s Battle With Demons, sentence 10

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She was noted because of her magic power over all the ferns of the forest, and for her skill in using the most graceful fronds for clothing and garlands.

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**Who acts:** skill · **What happens:** note, use · **To what, where:** Pau, ferns, graceful fronds

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This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Hiiaka’s Battle With Demons. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (skill), 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:pg66516:16:10
# text = She was noted because of her magic power over all the ferns of the forest, and for her skill in using the most graceful fronds for clothing and garlands.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	noted	note	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	8	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	over	over	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	12	det:predet	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	ferns	fern	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	skill	skill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
21	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	22	mark	_	_
22	using	use	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	20	acl	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
24	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	25	advmod	_	_
25	graceful	graceful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	fronds	frond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obj	_	_
27	for	for	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	clothing	clothing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
30	garlands	garland	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **note** | past · passive |  | Pau |  | all ferns of the forest |  | because Pau's magic power; Pau's skill *parataxis* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **use** | gerund | Pau's skill *not said here* | the graceful fronds and garlands |  |  |  | for clothing | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent frond=Theme for clothing=Eventuality |

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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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