--- title: While Hiiaka was journeying through the lower part of the forest whi… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: While Hiiaka was journeying through the lower part of the forest which she had freed from demons, the Guardian of Ferns said: “I hear the grunting of a pig, but cannot tell whether it is before us or on one side. Who acts: Hiiaka, Guardian. 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D. Westervelt, How Hiiaka Found Wahine-omao. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Hiiaka, Guardian), 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:pg66516:17:5 # text = While Hiiaka was journeying through the lower part of the forest which she had freed from demons, the Guardian of Ferns said: “I hear the grunting of a pig, but cannot tell whether it is before us or on one side. 1 While while SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 Hiiaka Hiiaka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 journeying journey VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 5 through through ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 lower low ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 amod _ _ 8 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 freed free VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl:relcl _ _ 16 from from ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 demons demon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Guardian guardian NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Ferns fern NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ _ 23 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 24 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 “ " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 hear hear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 ccomp _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 grunting grunting NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 pig pig NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 38 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 41 before before ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 iobj _ _ 43 or or CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 on on ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 46 nummod _ _ 46 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **journey** | past · progressive | Hiiaka | | | the lower part of the forest | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through part=Trajectory | | 2 | **free** | past · perfect · passive | | the forest | | | | from demons; Hiiaka *nsubj:pass* | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Source | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Guardian of Ferns | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **hear** *in a quote* | present | the Guardian of Ferns *= guardian* | the grunting of a pig | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer grunting=Stimulus | | 5 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | can | the Guardian of Ferns *= guardian* *not said here* | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent we=Recipient | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Guardian | | | | before us | one side *conj* | 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. 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