--- title: Even while she was bringing Lohiau back to life, her love for her ow… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: Even while she was bringing Lohiau back to life, her love for her own home revealed to her the fires kindled by Pele, and she chanted many songs of complaint against her unfaithful sister. Who acts: Hiiaka, love, fires, complaint. A sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Hiiaka, love, fires, complaint), 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:pg66516:20:189 # text = Even while she was bringing Lohiau back to life, her love for her own home revealed to her the fires kindled by Pele, and she chanted many songs of complaint against her unfaithful sister. 1 Even even ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 while while SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 bringing bring VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 6 Lohiau Lohiau PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 back back ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 17 revealed reveal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 fires fire NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ _ 22 kindled kindle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 23 by by ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 Pele Pele PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 chanted chant VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 29 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 songs song NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 complaint complaint NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 33 against against ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 unfaithful unfaithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past · progressive | Hiiaka | | Lohiau | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument lohiau=Destination | | 2 | **reveal** | past | Hiiaka's love for Hiiaka's own home | | Hiiaka | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient | | 3 | **kindle** | past | the fires | | | | | by Pele | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **chant** | past | Hiiaka | many songs of complaint | | | | against Hiiaka's unfaithful sister | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent song=Topic | | 5 | **love** | | Hiiaka | | | | | for Hiiaka's own home | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent for=obl | | 6 | **sing** | | complaint | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: of=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. 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 188](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/20/188/) - next →: [sentence 190](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/20/190/) - ↑ back to [Pili and Noho](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/20/)