--- title: By magic power he conquered enemies, visited strange lands, found th… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: By magic power he conquered enemies, visited strange lands, found the fountain of the water of life, sprinkled that water over his dead brothers, brought them back to life, and did many marvellous deeds. Who acts: name. A sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. 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D. 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 (name), 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:pg66516:5:58 # text = By magic power he conquered enemies, visited strange lands, found the fountain of the water of life, sprinkled that water over his dead brothers, brought them back to life, and did many marvellous deeds. 1 By by ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 conquered conquer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 visited visit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 9 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 fountain fountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 sprinkled sprinkle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 22 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 23 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 over over ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 26 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 back back ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 37 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 38 marvellous marvellous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 deeds deed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **conquer** | past | name | enemies | | | | by magic power | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enemy=Patient | | 2 | **visit** | past | name *not said here* | strange lands | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Co-Agent | | 3 | **find** | past | name *not said here* | the fountain of the water of life | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fountain=Topic | | 4 | **sprinkle** | past | name *not said here* | that water | | | | over name's dead brothers | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme over brother=Destination | | 5 | **bring back** | past | name *not said here* | enemies *= enemy* | | life | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to life=Destination | | 6 | **do** | past | name *not said here* | many marvellous deeds | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deed=Eventuality | 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. 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