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title: These are the words in which the legend disposes of this ancient god… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics
description: These are the words in which the legend disposes of this ancient god of volcanic fires. Who acts: These, words. A sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Ai-laau, the Forest Eater, with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause.
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# Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Ai-laau, the Forest Eater, sentence 35

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These are the words in which the legend disposes of this ancient god of volcanic fires.

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**Who acts:** These, words · **What happens:** be, dispose · **To what, where:** words

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This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Ai-laau, the Forest Eater. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (These, words), 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:pg66516:4:35
# text = These are the words in which the legend disposes of this ancient god of volcanic fires.
1	These	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	legend	legend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	disposes	dispose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	det	_	_
12	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	volcanic	volcanic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	fires	fire	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | These | the words |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **dispose** |  | the words |  |  |  |  | of this ancient god of volcanic fires | tree rules |

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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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