--- title: The priestess had seen printed pages or heard about them, so she dre… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: The priestess had seen printed pages or heard about them, so she drew out a piece of kapa, or paper made from the bark of trees, [22] and saying that this was a letter from Pele began to read or rather mumble an awful curse. Who acts: priestess, this, saying. 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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 (priestess, this, saying), 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:pg66516:23:62 # text = The priestess had seen printed pages or heard about them, so she drew out a piece of kapa, or paper made from the bark of trees, [22] and saying that this was a letter from Pele began to read or rather mumble an awful curse. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 priestess priestess NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 printed print VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ _ 6 pages page NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 9 about about ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 15 out out ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 kapa kapa NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 or or CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 parataxis _ _ 23 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 acl _ _ 24 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 bark bark NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 22 22 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 31 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 42 csubj _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 ccomp _ _ 40 from from ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Pele Pele PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 42 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 or or CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 rather rather ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 mumble mumble VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 conj _ _ 48 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 awful awful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 curse curse NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past · perfect · passive | | the priestess | | | | printed pages *obj* | tree rules | | 2 | **print** | participle | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **hear** | participle | | | | | | about pages *= page* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about they=Stimulus | | 4 | **draw out** | past | priestess | a piece of kapa | | | | 22 *obl*; paper *parataxis* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme | | 5 | **make** | participle | | paper *not said here* | | the bark of trees | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from bark=Material | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** | past | this | a letter | | Pele | | | tree rules | | 8 | **begin** | past | saying | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 9 | **read** | to-infinitive | saying *not said here* | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **mumble** *speech: other* | infinitive | saying *not said here* | a awful curse | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent curse=Topic | 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/23/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/23/63/) - ↑ back to [Kapiolani and Pele](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/23/)