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title: He says: “In 1836, twelve years after the visit of Kapiolani, among… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics
description: He says: “In 1836, twelve years after the visit of Kapiolani, among these converts was the High Priest of the volcano. Who acts: Titus. A sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Kapiolani and Pele, with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause.
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# Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Kapiolani and Pele, sentence 98

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He says: “In 1836, twelve years after the visit of Kapiolani, among these converts was the High Priest of the volcano.

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**Who acts:** Titus · **What happens:** say, be, visit · **To what, where:** High Priest, Kapiolani · **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 (Titus), 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:pg66516:23:98
# text = He says: “In 1836, twelve years after the visit of Kapiolani, among these converts was the High Priest of the volcano.
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	:	_	9	punct	_	_
4	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	In	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	1836	1836	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	flat	_	_
9	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	ccomp	_	_
10	after	after	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	visit	visit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Kapiolani	Kapiolani	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	among	among	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	18	det	_	_
18	converts	convert	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	parataxis	_	_
19	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	High	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	Priest	Priest	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	volcano	volcano	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Titus |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past |  | the High Priest |  |  |  | of the volcano | tree rules |
| 3 | **visit** *in a quote* |  |  | Kapiolani |  |  |  |  | nom visit «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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