--- title: No one knows what mighty conflicts were fought between the two etern… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: No one knows what mighty conflicts were fought between the two eternal enemies, fire and water; nor does anyone know how long they fought while these islands were being built into mountains, but there must have been ages when the skies were filled with rolling masses of clouds of steam sent up throu --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/25/15/) [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/) / [The Crack in the Floor of the Pacific](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/25/) / 15 # Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), The Crack in the Floor of the Pacific, sentence 15 No one knows what mighty conflicts were fought between the two eternal enemies, fire and water; nor does anyone know how long they fought while these islands were being built into mountains, but there must have been ages when the skies were filled with rolling masses of clouds of steam sent up through boiling, turbulent waters with awful explosions of escaping gases before the dry land appeared on the face of the deep. **Who acts:** one, anyone, conflicts, awful explosions, dry land · **What happens:** know, fight, build, be, fill, send up · **To what, where:** mighty conflicts, islands, mountains, ages, skies, clouds · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, The Crack in the Floor of the Pacific. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one, anyone, conflicts, awful explosions), 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:pg66516:25:15 # text = No one knows what mighty conflicts were fought between the two eternal enemies, fire and water; nor does anyone know how long they fought while these islands were being built into mountains, but there must have been ages when the skies were filled with rolling masses of clouds of steam sent up through boiling, turbulent waters with awful explosions of escaping gases before the dry land appeared on the face of the deep. 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 5 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 conflicts conflict NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 fought fight VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 ccomp _ _ 9 between between ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 12 eternal eternal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 22 cc _ _ 20 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 22 nsubj _ _ 22 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 23 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 24 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 26 advmod _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 fought fight VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 27 while while SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 28 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 29 islands island NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 31 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 advcl _ _ 33 into into ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 37 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 39 expl _ _ 38 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 aux _ _ 40 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 cop _ _ 41 ages age NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ _ 42 when when SCONJ WRB _ 46 mark _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 skies sky NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 45 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 47 with with ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 rolling rolling NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 49 masses mass NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nmod _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 steam steam NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ _ 54 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 51 acl _ _ 55 up up ADP RP _ 54 compound:prt _ _ 56 through through ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 boiling boiling NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 59 turbulent turbulent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 conj _ _ 61 with with ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 awful awful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 63 explosions explosion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 nmod _ _ 64 of of SCONJ IN _ 65 mark _ _ 65 escaping escape VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 63 acl _ _ 66 gases gas NOUN NNS Number=Plur 65 obj _ _ 67 before before SCONJ IN _ 71 mark _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 69 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 amod _ _ 70 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 nsubj _ _ 71 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 advcl _ _ 72 on on ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obl _ _ 75 of of ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 77 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 74 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | no one | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **fight** | past · passive | | mighty conflicts | | | | between the two eternal enemies and fire and water; what *obj* | tree rules | | 3 | **know** | present · do-support | anyone | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **fight** | past | conflicts *= conflict* | | | | | long *property* | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **build** | past · passive | | this islands | | mountains | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: subject=Material into mountain=Product | | 6 | **is a** | participle | | ages | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **fill** | infinitive · passive | | the skies | | | | with rolling masses of clouds of steam and turbulent waters with awful explosions | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with mass=Instrument | | 8 | **send up** | participle | | clouds of steam *not said here* | | boiling | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **escape** | gerund | awful explosions *not said here* | gases | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme gas=Initial\_Location | | 10 | **appear** | past | the dry land | | | the face of the deep | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on face=Location | | 11 | **cloud** | | | steam | | | | | nom cloud «phenomenon 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. 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