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Westervelt, How Pele Came to Hawaii. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (helpless one), 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:pg66516:5:13 # text = After the care of the helpless one had been provided for, Pele was sent to her oldest brother, Ka-moho-alii, the king of dragons, or, as he was later known in Hawaiian mythology, “the god of sharks.” 1 After after ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 helpless helpless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 provided provide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 Pele Pele PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 18 oldest old ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 19 amod _ _ 19 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 Ka Ka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 moho moho NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 alii alii NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 appos _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 dragons dragon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 32 or or CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 34 as as SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux:pass _ _ 37 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 38 advmod _ _ 38 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 Hawaiian hawaiian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 mythology mythology NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 “ " PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 appos _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 sharks shark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **provide** | past · perfect · passive | | | | | after the care of the helpless one | | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S» | | 2 | **send** | past · passive | | Pele | Pele's oldest brother | | | Ka moho alii *obl* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to brother=Destination | | 3 | **know** | past · passive | | king | | Hawaiian mythology | | late *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 4 | **care** | | the helpless one | | | | | | nom care «act intransitive»: of=agent | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/5/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/5/14/) - ↑ back to [How Pele Came to Hawaii](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/5/)