--- title: Pele was impatient and angry at the slow progress of Hiiaka and at f… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: Pele was impatient and angry at the slow progress of Hiiaka and at first ordered her to hasten alone on her journey, but as she saw her patiently climbing along the rough way, she relented and gave to her supernatural power to aid in overcoming great difficulties and a magic skirt which had the powe --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/16/5/) [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/) / [Hiiaka’s Battle With Demons](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/16/) / 5 # Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Hiiaka’s Battle With Demons, sentence 5 Pele was impatient and angry at the slow progress of Hiiaka and at first ordered her to hasten alone on her journey, but as she saw her patiently climbing along the rough way, she relented and gave to her supernatural power to aid in overcoming great difficulties and a magic skirt which had the power of lightning in its folds. **Who acts:** Pele, Hiiaka, magic skirt · **What happens:** be, order, hasten, see, relent, give · **To what, where:** slow progress, Hiiaka, journey, patiently climbing, supernatural power, great difficulties 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 (Pele, Hiiaka, magic skirt), 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:pg66516:16:5 # text = Pele was impatient and angry at the slow progress of Hiiaka and at first ordered her to hasten alone on her journey, but as she saw her patiently climbing along the rough way, she relented and gave to her supernatural power to aid in overcoming great difficulties and a magic skirt which had the power of lightning in its folds. 1 Pele Pele PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 impatient impatient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 progress progress NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Hiiaka Hiiaka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 15 obl _ _ 15 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 hasten hasten VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 19 alone alone ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 patiently patiently ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 climbing climbing NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 along along ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 rough rough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 relented relent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 supernatural supernatural NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 aid aid VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 46 in in SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 47 overcoming overcome VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 advcl _ _ 48 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 difficulties difficulty NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obj _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 compound _ _ 53 skirt skirt NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 conj _ _ 54 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 55 nsubj _ _ 55 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 acl:relcl _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 lightning lightning NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nmod _ _ 60 in in ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 62 folds fold NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Pele | | | | | impatient *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | Pele *not said here* | | | the slow progress of Hiiaka | | | tree rules | | 3 | **order** | past | Pele *not said here* | | Hiiaka | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **hasten** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Pele *not said here* | | | Hiiaka's journey | | alone *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on journey=Trajectory | | 5 | **see** | past | Hiiaka | Hiiaka's patiently climbing | | | | along the rough way | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer climbing=Stimulus | | 6 | **relent** | past | Hiiaka | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **give** | past | Hiiaka *not said here* | | Hiiaka's supernatural power | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to power=Recipient | | 8 | **aid** | to-infinitive | Hiiaka *not said here* | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **overcome** | gerund | Hiiaka *not said here* | great difficulties and a magic skirt | | | | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot difficulty=Theme | | 10 | **have** | past | a magic skirt | the power of lightning in way's folds | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient | | 11 | **progress** | | Hiiaka | | | | | | nom progress «act intransitive»: of=agent | | 12 | **journey** | | Hiiaka | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 13 | **climb** | | Hiiaka | | | | | | nom climbing «event 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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