--- title: It is, however, interesting to note that this is the fact in the leg… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: It is, however, interesting to note that this is the fact in the legends, and that it was in a conflict between the two sisters that Na-maka-o-ka-hai drove Pele to the Hawaiian Islands. Who acts: It, this, ilo, Na. 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 (It, this, ilo, Na), 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:pg66516:5:50 # text = It is, however, interesting to note that this is the fact in the legends, and that it was in a conflict between the two sisters that Na-maka-o-ka-hai drove Pele to the Hawaiian Islands. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 however however ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 interesting interesting ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 note note VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 csubj _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 nsubj _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 ccomp _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 legends legend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 conflict conflict NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 parataxis _ _ 25 between between ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 28 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 29 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 obl:unmarked _ _ 30 Na Na PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 maka maka X FW Foreign=Yes 30 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 36 case _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ka ka NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 hai Hai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 appos _ _ 39 drove drive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 40 Pele Pele PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 Hawaiian Hawaiian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 Islands Island PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | however, interesting *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **note** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | present | this | the fact | | the legends | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | past | ilo | | | a conflict | | between the two sisters | tree rules | | 5 | **drive** | past | Na | the two sisters | | the Hawaiian Islands | | Pele *obj* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent pele=Theme to island=Trajectory | 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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/5/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/5/51/) - ↑ back to [How Pele Came to Hawaii](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/5/)