--- title: A chief of low rank who had been a royal messenger under Kamehameha,… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: A chief of low rank who had been a royal messenger under Kamehameha, and who was making the journey with the missionaries, interrupted the woman, saying: “Then it is true, you are Pele, and have destroyed the land, killed the people, and have spoiled the fishing-grounds. 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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 (low rank, chief, 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:pg66516:23:24 # text = A chief of low rank who had been a royal messenger under Kamehameha, and who was making the journey with the missionaries, interrupted the woman, saying: “Then it is true, you are Pele, and have destroyed the land, killed the people, and have spoiled the fishing-grounds. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 rank rank NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 8 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 cop _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 messenger messenger NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 acl:relcl _ _ 12 under under ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Kamehameha Kamehameha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 missionaries missionary NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 25 interrupted interrupt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 : : PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 31 “ " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 35 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 39 Pele Pele PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 destroyed destroy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 parataxis _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 52 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 spoiled spoil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 parataxis _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 55 fishing fishing NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 56 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 grounds grounds NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past · perfect | low rank | a royal messenger | | Kamehameha | | | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | past · progressive | a chief of low rank | the journey | | | | with the missionaries | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent journey=Product | | 3 | **interrupt** | past | a chief of low rank | the woman | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | a chief of low rank *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | chief | | | | then | true *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | you | Pele | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **destroy** *in a quote* | present · perfect | | the land | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Patient | | 8 | **kill** *in a quote* | past | a chief of low rank *not said here* | the people | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme | | 9 | **spoil** *in a quote* | present · perfect | | the fishing grounds | | | | | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/23/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/23/25/) - ↑ back to [Kapiolani and Pele](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/23/)