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title: One of the legends says that Pele killed her; another says that she… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics
description: One of the legends says that Pele killed her; another says that she was repulsed and driven away; others say that Pele refused to listen to any report of the journey to Kauai and hurled Wahine-omao senseless into a hole near the fire-pit, and raved against Hiiaka for the long time required in bringi
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# Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Pili and Noho, sentence 193

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One of the legends says that Pele killed her; another says that she was repulsed and driven away; others say that Pele refused to listen to any report of the journey to Kauai and hurled Wahine-omao senseless into a hole near the fire-pit, and raved against Hiiaka for the long time required in bringing Lohiau.

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**Who acts:** One, Pele, another, others · **What happens:** say, kill, repulse, drive away, refuse, not listen · **To what, where:** omao, Wahine omao, hole, long time, Lohiau, journey · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. 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 (One, Pele, another, others), 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:pg66516:20:193
# text = One of the legends says that Pele killed her; another says that she was repulsed and driven away; others say that Pele refused to listen to any report of the journey to Kauai and hurled Wahine-omao senseless into a hole near the fire-pit, and raved against Hiiaka for the long time required in bringing Lohiau.
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	legends	legend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	Pele	Pele	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	killed	kill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	another	another	PRON	DT	PronType=Ind	12	nsubj	_	_
12	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
14	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	repulsed	repulse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	ccomp	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	driven	drive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	conj	_	_
19	away	away	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	22	punct	_	_
21	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nsubj	_	_
22	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
23	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
24	Pele	Pele	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	nsubj	_	_
25	refused	refuse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	ccomp	_	_
26	to	to	PART	TO	_	27	mark	_	_
27	listen	listen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	25	xcomp	_	_
28	to	to	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	30	det	_	_
30	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	_
34	to	to	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	Kauai	Kauai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	nmod	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
37	hurled	hurl	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	conj	_	_
38	Wahine	Wahine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	38	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	omao	omao	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obj	_	_
41	senseless	senseless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
42	into	into	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	_
45	near	near	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
47	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	47	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	pit	pit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
51	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
52	raved	rave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	conj	_	_
53	against	against	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
54	Hiiaka	Hiiaka	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	52	obl	_	_
55	for	for	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
57	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	58	amod	_	_
58	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obl	_	_
59	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	58	acl	_	_
60	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	61	mark	_	_
61	bringing	bring	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	59	advcl	_	_
62	Lohiau	Lohiau	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	61	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | One of the legends |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **kill** | past | Pele | omao |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | another |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **repulse** | past · passive |  | omao |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
| 5 | **drive away** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | others |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 7 | **refuse** | past | Pele |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 8 | **not** **listen** | to-infinitive | Pele *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to any report of the journey to Kauai | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to report=Theme |
| 9 | **hurl** | past | Pele *not said here* | Wahine omao |  | a hole near the fire pit |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent omao=Theme into hole=Destination |
| 10 | **rave** *speech: other* | participle | others *not said here* |  |  |  | time | against Hiiaka | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 11 | **require** | participle |  | the long time *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme |
| 12 | **bring** | gerund |  |  | Lohiau |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument lohiau=Destination |
| 13 | **report** |  |  | the journey to Kauai |  |  |  |  | nom report «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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