--- title: Numerous offerings were presented and many hogs were thrown alive in… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: Numerous offerings were presented and many hogs were thrown alive into the stream to appease the anger of the gods, by whom they supposed it was directed, and to stay its devastating course. Who acts: hogs, gods. 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 (hogs, gods), 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:pg66516:22:7 # text = Numerous offerings were presented and many hogs were thrown alive into the stream to appease the anger of the gods, by whom they supposed it was directed, and to stay its devastating course. 1 Numerous numerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 presented present VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 6 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 hogs hog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 thrown throw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 10 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ 11 into into ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 appease appease VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 by by ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 obl _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 supposed suppose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 directed direct VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 33 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 devastating devastating ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **present** | past · passive | | Numerous offerings | | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **throw** | past · passive | | many hogs | | | | into the stream *result*; whom *obl*; alive *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Theme into stream=Result | | 3 | **appease** | to-infinitive | | the anger of the gods | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus anger=Experiencer | | 4 | **suppose** | past | hogs *= hog* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **direct** | past · passive | | stream | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: subject=Eventuality | | 6 | **stay** | to-infinitive | | stream's devastating course | | | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme course=Location | | 7 | **anger** | | the gods | | | | | | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: of=agent | 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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