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title: When Kapiolani said that she was going to prove the falsity of the w… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics
description: When Kapiolani said that she was going to prove the falsity of the worship of Pele, there was a storm of heartfelt opposition. Who acts: Kapiolani, storm, Pele, heartfelt opposition. A sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Kapiolani and Pele, with its dependenc
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# Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Kapiolani and Pele, sentence 36

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When Kapiolani said that she was going to prove the falsity of the worship of Pele, there was a storm of heartfelt opposition.

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**Who acts:** Kapiolani, storm, Pele, heartfelt opposition · **What happens:** say, go, prove, be, worship, storm · **To what, where:** falsity · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. 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 (Kapiolani, storm, Pele, heartfelt opposition), 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:pg66516:23:36
# text = When Kapiolani said that she was going to prove the falsity of the worship of Pele, there was a storm of heartfelt opposition.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	Kapiolani	Kapiolani	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	advcl	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	ccomp	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	prove	prove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	falsity	falsity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	worship	worship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Pele	Pele	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
18	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	19	expl	_	_
19	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	heartfelt	heartfelt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	opposition	opposition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Kapiolani |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **go** | past · progressive | Kapiolani |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **prove** | to-infinitive | Kapiolani *not said here* | the falsity of the worship of Pele |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent falsity=Theme |
| 4 | **be** | past | a storm of heartfelt opposition |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **worship** |  | Pele |  |  |  |  |  | nom worship «act intransitive»: of=agent |
| 6 | **storm** |  | heartfelt opposition |  |  |  |  |  | nom storm «phenomenon intransitive»: of=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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