--- title: Keoua’s prophets ascribed this blow from the gods to their high chie… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: Keoua’s prophets ascribed this blow from the gods to their high chief’s dislike of Hilo and gift to sub-chiefs of the fish-ponds, which were considered the favorite food-producers for offerings to Hiiaka, the youngest member of the Pele family. Who acts: prophets, high chief. 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D. Westervelt, The Annihilation of Keoua’s Army. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (prophets, high chief), 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:pg66516:21:57 # text = Keoua’s prophets ascribed this blow from the gods to their high chief’s dislike of Hilo and gift to sub-chiefs of the fish-ponds, which were considered the favorite food-producers for offerings to Hiiaka, the youngest member of the Pele family. 1 Keoua Keoua PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ’s 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 prophets prophet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 ascribed ascribe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 11 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ’s 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 dislike dislike NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Hilo Hilo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 sub-chiefs sub-chief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 24 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ponds pond NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 considered consider VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 conj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 32 favorite favorite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 33 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 producers producer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 xcomp _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 Hiiaka Hiiaka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 43 amod _ _ 43 member member NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 Pele Pele PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascribe** | participle | Keoua's prophets *not said here* | this blow | | | | from the gods; to god's high chief's dislike of Hilo and gift to sub-chiefs of the fish ponds and the youngest member of the Pele family | tree rules | | 2 | **consider** | past · passive | | the fish ponds and the youngest member of the Pele family | | | | for offerings to Hiiaka; the favorite food producers *xcomp* | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute | | 4 | **dislike** | | god's high chief | Hilo | | | | | nom dislike «cognition transitive»: poss=agent 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/21/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/21/58/) - ↑ back to [The Annihilation of Keoua’s Army](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/21/)