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title: But she saw that this was not enough, so she called on the divine gu… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics
description: But she saw that this was not enough, so she called on the divine guardians of plants to come with garments and bear a burden of skirts with which to drape Hiiaka on her journey. Who acts: Hiiaka, this, skirts. A sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Hiiaka’s B
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# Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Hiiaka’s Battle With Demons, sentence 6

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But she saw that this was not enough, so she called on the divine guardians of plants to come with garments and bear a burden of skirts with which to drape Hiiaka on her journey.

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**Who acts:** Hiiaka, this, skirts · **What happens:** see, not be, call, come, bear, drape · **To what, where:** divine guardians, burden, Hiiaka, journey, skirts · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (Hiiaka, this, skirts), 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:pg66516:16:6
# text = But she saw that this was not enough, so she called on the divine guardians of plants to come with garments and bear a burden of skirts with which to drape Hiiaka on her journey.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	enough	enough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	divine	divine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	guardians	guardian	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	advcl	_	_
21	with	with	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	garments	garment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obl	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	bear	bear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	conj	_	_
25	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	burden	burden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	skirts	skirt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	nmod	_	_
29	with	with	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	32	nsubj	_	_
31	to	to	PART	TO	_	32	mark	_	_
32	drape	drape	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	acl:relcl	_	_
33	Hiiaka	Hiiaka	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	_
34	on	on	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	36	nmod:poss	_	_
36	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | Hiiaka |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **not** **is** | past | this |  |  |  |  | enough *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **call** | past | Hiiaka |  |  | the divine guardians of plants |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **come** | to-infinitive | Hiiaka *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with garments | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **bear** | infinitive | Hiiaka *not said here* | a burden of skirts |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent burden=Patient |
| 6 | **drape** | to-infinitive | skirts | Hiiaka |  | Hiiaka's journey |  |  | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hiiaka=Theme on journey=Destination |
| 7 | **burden** |  |  | skirts |  |  |  |  | nom burden «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 8 | **journey** |  | Hiiaka |  |  |  |  |  | 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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