--- title: He says that while on this tour around the island Hawaii, he stopped… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: He says that while on this tour around the island Hawaii, he stopped with John Young, who is now stated to have been an American sailor and a close friend of the great king Kamehameha I. “Mr. Young said that among many traditionary accounts of the origin of the island, one was that in former times, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/25/23/) [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/) / 23 # Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), The Crack in the Floor of the Pacific, sentence 23 He says that while on this tour around the island Hawaii, he stopped with John Young, who is now stated to have been an American sailor and a close friend of the great king Kamehameha I. “Mr. Young said that among many traditionary accounts of the origin of the island, one was that in former times, when there was nothing but sea, an immense bird settled on the water and laid an egg which soon bursting produced the island Hawaii.” **Who acts:** William, one, many traditionary accounts · **What happens:** say, stop, state, be, settle, lay · **To what, where:** tour, American sailor, nothing, immense bird, egg, origin · **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 (William, one, many traditionary accounts), 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:pg66516:25:23 # text = He says that while on this tour around the island Hawaii, he stopped with John Young, who is now stated to have been an American sailor and a close friend of the great king Kamehameha I. “Mr. Young said that among many traditionary accounts of the origin of the island, one was that in former times, when there was nothing but sea, an immense bird settled on the water and laid an egg which soon bursting produced the island Hawaii.” 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 _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 4 while while SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 tour tour NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 8 around around ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 Hawaii Hawaii PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 17 Young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 21 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ _ 22 stated state VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 advcl _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 24 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 aux _ _ 25 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 cop _ _ 26 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 American American ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 sailor sailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 37 Kamehameha Kamehameha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 appos _ _ 38 I. I. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 flat _ _ 39 “ " PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 Young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 advcl _ _ 42 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 77 mark _ _ 44 among among ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 46 traditionary traditionary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 accounts account NOUN NNS Number=Plur 77 nsubj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 origin origin NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 55 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 65 nsubj _ _ 56 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 cop _ _ 57 that that SCONJ IN _ 65 mark _ _ 58 in in ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 62 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 64 advmod _ _ 63 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 64 expl _ _ 64 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 cop _ _ 65 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 47 parataxis _ _ 66 but but CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 67 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 69 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 70 immense immense ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 amod _ _ 71 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 parataxis _ _ 72 settled settle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 71 acl _ _ 73 on on ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 74 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 75 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obl _ _ 76 and and CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 77 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 ccomp _ _ 78 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 79 egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 obj _ _ 80 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 83 nsubj:pass _ _ 81 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 83 advmod _ _ 82 bursting burst VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 83 aux:pass _ _ 83 produced produce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 79 acl:relcl _ _ 84 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 85 det _ _ 85 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 83 obj _ _ 86 Hawaii Hawaii PROPN NNP Number=Sing 85 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 87 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 88 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | William | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **stop** | past | William | | | this tour around the island Hawaii | | with John | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with john=Location | | 3 | **state** *speech: other* | present · passive | | | | | now | who *nsubj:pass* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | | 4 | **is a** | to-infinitive · perfect | | a American sailor and a close friend of the great king | | | | a close friend of the great king *conj* | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | one | nothing | | | time | sea *conj*; a immense bird *parataxis* | tree rules | | 7 | **settle** *in a quote* | participle | | a immense bird *not said here* | | | | on the water | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent on water=Topic | | 8 | **lay** *in a quote* | past | many traditionary accounts of the origin of the island | a egg | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Result | | 9 | **produce** *in a quote* | gerund · passive | | a egg | | | | the island *obj*; soon *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **account** *in a quote* | | | the origin of the island | | | | | nom account «communication 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/25/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/25/24/) - ↑ back to [The Crack in the Floor of the Pacific](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/25/)