--- title: Kamehameha sent for Ka-maka-o-ke-akua (The-eye-of-the-god), one of t… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: Kamehameha sent for Ka-maka-o-ke-akua (The-eye-of-the-god), one of the prophets of Pele, and said: “You are a prophet of Pele. Who acts: Kamehameha, You. A sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. 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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 (Kamehameha, You), 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:pg66516:22:31 # text = Kamehameha sent for Ka-maka-o-ke-akua (The-eye-of-the-god), one of the prophets of Pele, and said: “You are a prophet of Pele. 1 Kamehameha Kamehameha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Ka Ka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 maka maka X FW Foreign=Yes 4 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 12 case _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ke ke NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 akua akua NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 13 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 conj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 prophets prophet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Pele Pele PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 : : PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 35 “ " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 prophet prophet NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 ccomp _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Pele Pele PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | Kamehameha | Ka | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ka=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Kamehameha *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | You | a prophet | | | | of Pele | tree rules | 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/22/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/22/32/) - ↑ back to [Destruction of Kamehameha’s Fish-ponds](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/22/)