--- title: Many, many years after Pele’s angry sister Na-maka-o-ka-hai had driv… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: Many, many years after Pele’s angry sister Na-maka-o-ka-hai had driven her from the island Kauai and after the land had many dwellers therein, a quarrel arose between two of the highest chiefs of the island. Who acts: land, quarrel. A sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. 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Westervelt, Pele and the Owl Ghost-god. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (land, quarrel), 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:pg66516:6:1 # text = Many, many years after Pele’s angry sister Na-maka-o-ka-hai had driven her from the island Kauai and after the land had many dwellers therein, a quarrel arose between two of the highest chiefs of the island. 1 Many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 after after ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 Pele Pele PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’s 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 10 Na Na PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 maka maka X FW Foreign=Yes 10 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 20 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ka ka NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 hai Hai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 driven drive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl _ _ 21 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 from from ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 Kauai Kauai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 appos _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 27 after after SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 31 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 dwellers dweller NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 33 therein therein ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 quarrel quarrel NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 arose arise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 38 between between ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 highest high ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 43 amod _ _ 43 chiefs chief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drive** | past · perfect · passive | | ka | | the island | | hai *nsubj* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme she=Destination | | 2 | **have** | past | the land | many dwellers | | | | therein *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dweller=Patient | | 3 | **arise** | past | a quarrel | | | two of the highest chiefs of the island | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between two=Location | 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: [How Pele Came to Hawaii, 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/5/116/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/6/2/) - ↑ back to [Pele and the Owl Ghost-god](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/6/)