--- title: He says, “It was a temple of Pele, of which Ka-maka-a-ke-akua (The-e… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: He says, “It was a temple of Pele, of which Ka-maka-a-ke-akua (The-eye-of-God), a distinguished soothsayer who died in the reign of Kamehameha, was many years priest.” Who acts: Ellis, name, distinguished soothsayer, Ka. A sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. 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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 (Ellis, name, distinguished soothsayer, Ka), 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:pg66516:23:53 # text = He says, “It was a temple of Pele, of which Ka-maka-a-ke-akua (The-eye-of-God), a distinguished soothsayer who died in the reign of Kamehameha, was many years priest.” 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 temple temple NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Pele Pele PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 47 obl _ _ 14 Ka Ka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 maka maka X FW Foreign=Yes 14 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ke ke NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 akua akua NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 appos _ _ 23 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 distinguished distinguished ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 soothsayer soothsayer NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 appos _ _ 36 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 37 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 reign reign NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Kamehameha Kamehameha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 45 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 compound _ _ 47 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ellis | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | name | a temple | | | | of Pele | tree rules | | 3 | **die** *in a quote* | past | a distinguished soothsayer | | | | | in the reign of Kamehameha | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in reign=Attribute | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | Ka | years priest | | | | of a temple | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/23/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/23/54/) - ↑ back to [Kapiolani and Pele](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/23/)