--- title: The earth, or rather the eruption of lava, was forced up into a hill… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: The earth, or rather the eruption of lava, was forced up into a hill which later bore the name Ke-alia-manu (The-bird-white-like-a-salt-bed or The-white-bird). Who acts: hill, name, bird, lava. 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 (hill, name, bird, lava), 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:pg66516:5:81 # text = The earth, or rather the eruption of lava, was forced up into a hill which later bore the name Ke-alia-manu (The-bird-white-like-a-salt-bed or The-white-bird). 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 or or CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 rather rather ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 eruption eruption NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 lava lava NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 13 up up ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 into into ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 18 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 19 advmod _ _ 19 bore bear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 22 Ke Ke PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 alia alia NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 manu manu NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 27 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 like like ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 appos _ _ 41 or or CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 42 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **force up** | past · passive | | the earth or the eruption of lava | | a hill | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient | | 2 | **bear** | past | a hill | | | | | late *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **manu** | | the name | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **bed** | | bird | | | | | the white bird *conj* | tree rules | | 5 | **erupt** | | lava | | | | | | nom eruption «event 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. 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