--- title: She replied, “I am going to Bola-bola; to Kuai-he-lani; to Kane-huna… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: She replied, “I am going to Bola-bola; to Kuai-he-lani; to Kane-huna-moku; then to Moku-mana-mana; then to see a queen, Kaoahi her name and Niihau her island.” Who acts: Pele. A sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. 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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 (Pele), 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:pg66516:5:16 # text = She replied, “I am going to Bola-bola; to Kuai-he-lani; to Kane-huna-moku; then to Moku-mana-mana; then to see a queen, Kaoahi her name and Niihau her island.” 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 Bola Bola PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 bola bola NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 14 Kuai Kuai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 lani lani NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 21 Kane Kane PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 huna huna NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 moku moku NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 27 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 33 advmod _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 29 Moku Moku PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 mana mana NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 mana mana NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 35 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 Kaoahi Kaoahi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 42 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 Niihau Niihau PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 conj _ _ 46 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Pele | | lani Kuai Kuai | | | huna moku Kane *parataxis* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to lani=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Pele | | | Bola bola | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bola=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **see** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Pele *not said here* | a queen | | | then | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer queen=Stimulus | | 4 | **name** *in a quote* | | Pele | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/5/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/5/17/) - ↑ back to [How Pele Came to Hawaii](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/5/)