--- title: A people believing that Peelè the Goddess would wallow in fiery riot… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: A people believing that Peelè the Goddess would wallow in fiery riot and revel On Kilauea, Dance in a fountain of flame with her devils or shake with her thunders and shatter her island, Rolling her anger Thro’ blasted valley and flowing forest in blood-red cataracts down to the sea! 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D. Westervelt, Kapiolani and Pele. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (people, Peelè, anger, goddess), 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:pg66516:23:112 # text = A people believing that Peelè the Goddess would wallow in fiery riot and revel On Kilauea, Dance in a fountain of flame with her devils or shake with her thunders and shatter her island, Rolling her anger Thro’ blasted valley and flowing forest in blood-red cataracts down to the sea! 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 believing believe VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 5 Peelè Peelè PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Goddess Goddess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 8 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 wallow wallow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 fiery fiery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 riot riot NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 revel revel NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 15 On on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Kilauea Kilauea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 Dance Dance PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 fountain fountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 flame flame NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 devils devil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ _ 27 or or CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 shake shake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 thunders thunder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 shatter shatter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 Rolling roll VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 40 Thro Thro PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ 42 blasted blast VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 ccomp _ _ 43 valley valley NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 flowing flow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 conj _ _ 46 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 48 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 49 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 cataracts cataract NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ _ 52 down down ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 53 to to ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | gerund | a people *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **wallow** | would | Peelè | | | fiery riot on Kilauea and Dance and revel | | in a fountain of flame with goddess's devils | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **shake** | infinitive | Peelè *not said here* | | | | | with goddess's thunders | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent with thunder=Co-Patient | | 4 | **shatter** | infinitive | Peelè *not said here* | goddess's island | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent island=Patient | | 5 | **roll** | gerund | Peelè *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **blast** | past | goddess's anger | valley | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location valley=Theme | | 7 | **flow** | gerund | Peelè *not said here* | forest | | red cataracts | | down *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location forest=Theme | | 9 | **thunder** | | goddess | | | | | | nom thunder «event intransitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **anger** | | goddess | | | | | | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=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. 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 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/23/111/) - next →: [sentence 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/23/113/) - ↑ back to [Kapiolani and Pele](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/23/)