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title: It should be remembered that in recent years, when a lava flow came… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics
description: It should be remembered that in recent years, when a lava flow came down on the city of Hilo, threatening its destruction, Princess Ruth, one of the last of the Kamehameha family, went from Honolulu to Hilo and up to the river of lava with the feeling that a Kamehameha who was under the especial pro
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# Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Destruction of Kamehameha’s Fish-ponds, sentence 63

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It should be remembered that in recent years, when a lava flow came down on the city of Hilo, threatening its destruction, Princess Ruth, one of the last of the Kamehameha family, went from Honolulu to Hilo and up to the river of lava with the feeling that a Kamehameha who was under the especial protection of Pele could intercede for the welfare of the people.

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**Who acts:** lava flow, Kamehameha, fire · **What happens:** remember, come down, threaten, go, be, intercede · **To what, where:** fire, city, destruction, Hilo, Honolulu, especial protection

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This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. 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 (lava flow, Kamehameha, fire), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg66516:22:63
# text = It should be remembered that in recent years, when a lava flow came down on the city of Hilo, threatening its destruction, Princess Ruth, one of the last of the Kamehameha family, went from Honolulu to Hilo and up to the river of lava with the feeling that a Kamehameha who was under the especial protection of Pele could intercede for the welfare of the people.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	remembered	remember	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	recent	recent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	14	mark	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	lava	lava	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	flow	flow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
15	down	down	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	Hilo	Hilo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	threatening	threaten	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	advcl	_	_
23	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
24	destruction	destruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
26	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	compound	_	_
27	Ruth	Ruth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
29	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	24	appos	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	last	last	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
35	Kamehameha	Kamehameha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	compound	_	_
36	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
38	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
39	from	from	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	Honolulu	Honolulu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	_
41	to	to	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	Hilo	Hilo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
44	up	up	ADV	RB	_	47	advmod	_	_
45	to	to	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	conj	_	_
48	of	of	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	lava	lava	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	nmod	_	_
50	with	with	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	nmod	_	_
53	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	65	mark	_	_
54	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	Kamehameha	Kamehameha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	65	nsubj	_	_
56	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	61	nsubj	_	_
57	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	61	cop	_	_
58	under	under	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
59	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
60	especial	especial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	61	amod	_	_
61	protection	protection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	acl:relcl	_	_
62	of	of	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
63	Pele	Pele	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	61	nmod	_	_
64	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	65	aux	_	_
65	intercede	intercede	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	52	acl	_	_
66	for	for	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
67	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
68	welfare	welfare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	65	obl	_	_
69	of	of	ADP	IN	_	71	case	_	_
70	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	71	det	_	_
71	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	68	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remember** | should · passive |  | fire |  |  | year |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **come down** | past | a lava flow |  |  | the city of Hilo |  | down *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on city=Location |
| 3 | **threaten** | gerund | a lava flow *not said here* | fire's destruction |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus destruction=Experiencer |
| 4 | **go** | past | a lava flow *not said here* |  | Hilo and the river of lava with the feeling | Honolulu |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from honolulu=Initial\_Location to hilo=Destination |
| 5 | **is** | past | a Kamehameha |  |  | the especial protection |  | of Pele | tree rules |
| 6 | **intercede** | could | a Kamehameha | the feeling *not said here* |  |  |  | for the welfare of the people | tree rules |
| 7 | **destroy** |  | fire |  |  |  |  |  | nom destruction «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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