--- title: She destroyed many evil-minded gnomes and elves; fought the au-makua… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: She destroyed many evil-minded gnomes and elves; fought the au-makuas and the demi-gods of land and sea; found the body of Lohiau put away in a cave and watched over by the dragon-women who had been defeated by Pele when in her long sleep she chanted the songs of the Winds of Kauai. 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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 (substance, body, Pele, Winds), 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:pg66516:20:75 # text = She destroyed many evil-minded gnomes and elves; fought the au-makuas and the demi-gods of land and sea; found the body of Lohiau put away in a cave and watched over by the dragon-women who had been defeated by Pele when in her long sleep she chanted the songs of the Winds of Kauai. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 destroyed destroy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 4 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 minded minded ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 gnomes gnome NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 elves elf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 11 fought fight VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 au au NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 makuas makua NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 18 demi demi NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 conj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Lohiau Lohiau PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 31 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 ccomp _ _ 32 away away ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 38 over over ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 by by ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 41 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 44 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 47 nsubj:pass _ _ 45 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 defeated defeat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 acl:relcl _ _ 48 by by ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 Pele Pele PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 50 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 56 advmod _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 53 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ _ 55 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 chanted chant VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 advcl _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 songs song NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 obj _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 Winds wind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 nmod _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 Kauai Kauai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **destroy** | past | substance | many minded gnomes and elves | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gnome=Patient | | 2 | **fight** | past | substance *not said here* | the au makuas and the demi gods of land and sea | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent makua=Co-Agent | | 3 | **find** | past | | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **put away** | past | the body of Lohiau | | | a cave | | away *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in cave=Destination | | 5 | **watch over** | past | | | | | | by the dragon women; over *property* | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by woman=Location | | 6 | **defeat** | past · perfect · passive | Pele | the dragon women | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **chant** | past | substance | the songs of the Winds of Kauai | | substance's long sleep | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent song=Topic | | 8 | **sleep** | | substance | | | | | | nom sleep «state intransitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **sing** | | the Winds of Kauai | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: of=agent | | 10 | **wind** | | | Kauai | | | | | nom wind «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | 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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/20/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/20/76/) - ↑ back to [Pili and Noho](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/20/)