--- title: Ellis, writing in 1824, says: “This eruption of 1801 poured over sev… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: Ellis, writing in 1824, says: “This eruption of 1801 poured over several villages, destroyed a number of plantations and extensive fish-ponds, filled up a deep bay twenty miles in length, and formed the present coast. Who acts: Ellis, eruption, plantations. 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D. Westervelt, Destruction of Kamehameha’s Fish-ponds. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ellis, eruption, plantations), 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:pg66516:22:3 # text = Ellis, writing in 1824, says: “This eruption of 1801 poured over several villages, destroyed a number of plantations and extensive fish-ponds, filled up a deep bay twenty miles in length, and formed the present coast. 1 Ellis Ellis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 writing write VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 acl _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 1824 1824 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 7 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 11 eruption eruption NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 1801 1801 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 11 nmod _ _ 14 poured pour VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 15 over over ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 villages village NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 destroyed destroy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 plantations plantation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 extensive extensive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 26 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ponds pond NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl _ _ 31 up up ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 bay bay NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nummod _ _ 36 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 formed form VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 coast coast NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | gerund | Ellis *not said here* | | | 1824 | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in 1824=Destination | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ellis | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **pour** *in a quote* | past | this eruption of 1801 | | | several villages | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over village=Location | | 4 | **destroy** *in a quote* | past | this eruption of 1801 *not said here* | a number of plantations and extensive fish ponds | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Patient | | 5 | **fill up** *in a quote* | participle | plantations and extensive fish ponds *not said here* | a deep bay | | | | twenty miles in length *obl* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **form** *in a quote* | past | this eruption of 1801 *not said here* | the present coast | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location coast=Theme | 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. 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