--- title: Even birds of evil omen came into the fight against her, but she con… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: Even birds of evil omen came into the fight against her, but she conquered and killed until the land was freed from its enemies and the people of the districts along the sea could journey in comparative safety. Who acts: birds, Valley. A sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/20/65/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mytholo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/) / [Pili and Noho](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/20/) / 65 # Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Pili and Noho, sentence 65 Even birds of evil omen came into the fight against her, but she conquered and killed until the land was freed from its enemies and the people of the districts along the sea could journey in comparative safety. **Who acts:** birds, Valley · **What happens:** come, conquer, kill, free · **To what, where:** fight, land, enemies 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 (birds, Valley), 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:pg66516:20:65 # text = Even birds of evil omen came into the fight against her, but she conquered and killed until the land was freed from its enemies and the people of the districts along the sea could journey in comparative safety. 1 Even even ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 omen omen NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 fight fight NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 against against ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 conquered conquer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 18 until until SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 freed free VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 advcl _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 conj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 districts district NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ _ 32 along along ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 comparative comparative ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 safety safety NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | birds of evil omen | | | the fight against Valley | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into fight=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **conquer** | past | Valley | | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **kill** | past | Valley *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **free** | past · passive | | the land | | land's enemies and the people of the districts | | along journey the sea in comparative safety | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Source | 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/20/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/20/66/) - ↑ back to [Pili and Noho](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/20/)