--- title: The servants of Pau-o-palae, the goddess of ferns, brought all manne… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: The servants of Pau-o-palae, the goddess of ferns, brought all manner of sweet-scented ferns, flowers, and leaves to make a bed for the body of Lohiau, and to place around the inside of the house as fragrant paths by which the gods could come to aid the restoration to life. 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D. Westervelt, Pili and Noho. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (servants, gods), 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:pg66516:20:164 # text = The servants of Pau-o-palae, the goddess of ferns, brought all manner of sweet-scented ferns, flowers, and leaves to make a bed for the body of Lohiau, and to place around the inside of the house as fragrant paths by which the gods could come to aid the restoration to life. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 4 Pau Pau PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 8 case _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 palae palae NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 goddess goddess NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 ferns fern NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 15 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 17 det _ _ 17 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 19 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 scented scent VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 amod _ _ 22 ferns fern NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 leaves leave VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Lohiau Lohiau PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 advcl _ _ 41 around around ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 inside inside NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 47 as as ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 fragrant fragrant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 paths path NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ _ 50 by by ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 55 obl _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 nsubj _ _ 54 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 acl:relcl _ _ 56 to to PART TO _ 57 mark _ _ 57 aid aid VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 xcomp _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 restoration restoration NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obj _ _ 60 to to ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past | the servants of palae Pau | all manner of scented ferns and flowers | | | | place around the inside of the house as fragrant paths *advcl* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent manner=Theme | | 2 | **scent** | participle | | | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **leave** | present | the servants of palae Pau *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **make** | to-infinitive | the servants of palae Pau *not said here* | a bed | | | | for the body of Lohiau | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent bed=Material for body=Beneficiary | | 5 | **come** | could | the gods | | | | | by fragrant paths | tree rules | | 6 | **aid** | to-infinitive | the gods *not said here* | the restoration | | | | to life | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent restoration=Beneficiary | 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. 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. - ← previous: [sentence 163](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/20/163/) - next →: [sentence 165](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/20/165/) - ↑ back to [Pili and Noho](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/20/)