--- title: Bingham in his “Sandwich Islands” says: “Then with the terrific bell… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: Bingham in his “Sandwich Islands” says: “Then with the terrific bellowing and whizzing of the volcanic gases they mingled their voices in a solemn hymn of praise to the true God, and at the instance of the chiefess, Alapai, one of Kapiolani’s attendants, led them in prayer.” Who acts: Bingham, berri --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/23/92/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mytholo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/) / [Kapiolani and Pele](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/23/) / 92 # Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Kapiolani and Pele, sentence 92 Bingham in his “Sandwich Islands” says: “Then with the terrific bellowing and whizzing of the volcanic gases they mingled their voices in a solemn hymn of praise to the true God, and at the instance of the chiefess, Alapai, one of Kapiolani’s attendants, led them in prayer.” **Who acts:** Bingham, berries, terrific prayer, praise · **What happens:** say, bellow, whiz, mingle, lead, hymn · **To what, where:** solemn hymn, voices, berries, instance, chiefess · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (Bingham, berries, terrific prayer, praise), 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:pg66516:23:92 # text = Bingham in his “Sandwich Islands” says: “Then with the terrific bellowing and whizzing of the volcanic gases they mingled their voices in a solemn hymn of praise to the true God, and at the instance of the chiefess, Alapai, one of Kapiolani’s attendants, led them in prayer.” 1 Bingham Bingham PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 4 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Sandwich sandwich NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 Islands Island PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ 8 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 56 advmod _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 14 terrific terrific ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 15 bellowing bellow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 56 csubj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 whizzing whiz VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 conj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 volcanic volcanic NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 gases gas NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 mingled mingle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 24 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 voices voice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 solemn solemn ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 hymn hymn NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 praise praise NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 38 at at ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 instance instance NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 chiefess chiefess NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 Alapai Alapai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 43 conj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 49 Kapiolani Kapiolani PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ’s 's PART POS _ 49 case _ _ 51 attendants attendant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 53 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 acl _ _ 54 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ _ 55 in in ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 prayer prayer NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ” " PUNCT '' _ 56 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Bingham in Bingham's Sandwich Islands | | | | | the terrific prayer *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **bellow** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **whiz** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | a solemn hymn of praise to the true God | | of the volcanic gases | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme of gas=Trajectory | | 4 | **mingle** *in a quote* | past | berries *= berry* | berries's voices | | | | | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Patient | | 5 | **lead** *in a quote* | past | the terrific prayer *not said here* | berries *= berry* | | the instance of the chiefess | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme at instance=Destination | | 6 | **hymn** *in a quote* | | praise to the true God | | | | | | nom hymn «communication intransitive»: of=agent | | 7 | **instance** *in a quote* | | | the chiefess | | | | | nom instance «event transitive»: of=patient | 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/23/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/23/93/) - ↑ back to [Kapiolani and Pele](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/23/)